All About Eve

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American film drama film film

All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film about ambition and betrayal in the New York theater world, renowned for its sharp screenplay and performances by Bette Davis and Anne Baxter.

Observed surface forms (3)

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All About Eve (1950 film) 2
All About Eve (film score) 1
All About Eve (stage adaptations) 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAwardNominations 14 ⓘ
academyAwardsWon Best Costume Design, Black-and-White ⓘ
Best Director ⓘ
Best Picture ⓘ
Best Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
surface form: Best Sound Recording

Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
basedOn The Wisdom of Eve ⓘ
short story by Mary Orr ⓘ
cinematographyBy Milton R. Krasner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Joseph L. Mankiewicz ⓘ
discourse considered one of the greatest films of all time ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Barbara McLean ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
featuresPerformanceBy Marilyn Monroe ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
satire ⓘ
mainCharacter Addison DeWitt ⓘ
Eve Harrington ⓘ
Karen Richards ⓘ
Margo Channing ⓘ
musicBy Alfred Newman ⓘ
nationalFilmRegistrySelectionYear 1990 ⓘ
notableFor performances by Bette Davis and Anne Baxter ⓘ
sharp screenplay ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
oscarRecord first film to receive 14 Academy Award nominations ⓘ
preservationStatus selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry ⓘ
producer Darryl F. Zanuck ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
releaseDate 1950-10-13 ⓘ
releaseYear 1950 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 138 ⓘ
screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz ⓘ
setIn New York City ⓘ
setting Broadway theatre world ⓘ
stars Anne Baxter ⓘ
Bette Davis ⓘ
Celeste Holm ⓘ
Gary Merrill ⓘ
George Sanders ⓘ
Hugh Marlowe ⓘ
Thelma Ritter ⓘ
theme aging and fame ⓘ
ambition ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ
theatre world politics ⓘ
title All About Eve self-link ⓘ
writer Joseph L. Mankiewicz ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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The Wisdom of Eve → adaptationTitle → All About Eve ⓘ
The Wisdom of Eve → adaptedInto → All About Eve ⓘ
Addison DeWitt → appearsIn → All About Eve ⓘ
Eve Harrington → appearsIn → All About Eve ⓘ
Karen Richards → appearsIn → All About Eve ⓘ
Margo Channing → appearsIn → All About Eve ⓘ
George Sanders → awardReceivedFor → All About Eve ⓘ
Joseph L. Mankiewicz → directed → All About Eve ⓘ
Addison DeWitt → firstAppearance → All About Eve ⓘ
this entity surface form: All About Eve (1950 film)
Margo Channing → firstAppearance → All About Eve ⓘ
this entity surface form: All About Eve (1950 film)
The Wisdom of Eve → influenced → All About Eve ⓘ
this entity surface form: All About Eve (stage adaptations)
Alfred Newman → notableWork → All About Eve ⓘ
this entity surface form: All About Eve (film score)
Anne Baxter → notableWork → All About Eve ⓘ
Barbara McLean → notableWork → All About Eve ⓘ
Bette Davis → notableWork → All About Eve ⓘ
Celeste Holm → notableWork → All About Eve ⓘ
Darryl F. Zanuck → notableWork → All About Eve ⓘ
Edith Head → notableWork → All About Eve ⓘ
Gary Merrill → notableWork → All About Eve ⓘ
George Sanders → notableWork → All About Eve ⓘ
Hugh Marlowe → notableWork → All About Eve ⓘ
Joseph L. Mankiewicz → notableWork → All About Eve ⓘ
Milton R. Krasner → notableWork → All About Eve ⓘ
Thelma Ritter → notableWork → All About Eve ⓘ
Celeste Holm → performedIn → All About Eve ⓘ
Darryl F. Zanuck → produced → All About Eve ⓘ
All About Eve → title → All About Eve self-link ⓘ
Addison DeWitt → workOfFiction → All About Eve ⓘ
Barbara McLean → workedOn → All About Eve ⓘ
Milton R. Krasner → workedOn → All About Eve ⓘ