Eve Harrington

''All About Eve'' is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short story (and subsequent 1949 radio drama) "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr, although Orr does not receive a screen credit.

The film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star, and Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington, an ambitious young fan who maneuvers herself into Channing's life, ultimately threatening Channing's career and her personal relationships. The film co-stars George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, and Hugh Marlowe, and features Thelma Ritter, Marilyn Monroe in one of her earliest roles, Gregory Ratoff, Barbara Bates and Walter Hampden.

''All About Eve'' held its world premiere in New York City on October 13, 1950. Highly praised by critics at the time of its release, it received a record 14 nominationsThis feat was only matched by the 1997 film ''Titanic'' and the 2016 film ''La La Land.'' at the 23rd Academy Awards, becoming the only film in Oscar history to receive four female acting nominations (Davis and Baxter as Best Actress, Holm and Ritter as Best Supporting Actress). It went on to win six awards, including Best Picture, as well as Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, Mankiewicz's second consecutive wins in both categories.

Widely considered as among the greatest films of all time, in 1990, ''All About Eve'' became one of 25 films selected that year for preservation in the United States Library of Congress's National Film Registry, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film was ranked No. 16 on AFI's 1998 list of the 100 best American films.

Plot

The story begins in medias res, narrated by acerbic theatre critic Addison DeWitt, who introduces the various characters that are attending the prestigious Sarah Siddons Award ceremony. The theatrical honor is being presented to rising actress, Eve Harrington. DeWitt's narration promises to reveal Eve's true story before the narrative voice switches to Karen Richards.

Some years previous, Broadway star Margo Channing, recently turned 40, worries about advancing age affecting her career. After a performance of Margo's latest play, her close friend, Karen Richards, wife of the play's author Lloyd Richards, meets besotted fan Eve Harrington outside the theatre and brings her backstage to meet Margo. Eve tells Karen, Lloyd, and Margo's maid Birdie, that she followed Margo's last theatrical tour to New York City after seeing her perform in San Francisco. She tells an engrossing story of an impoverished childhood and losing her husband in the South Pacific during World War II. Moved by Eve's story, Margo takes her into her home as her assistant, upsetting Birdie. Eve quickly manipulates her way into Margo's life as both secretary and adoring fan.

Margo is also concerned about her romantic relationship with the play's director, Bill Sampson, eight years her junior. Without telling Margo, Eve arranges a midnight, long-distance phone call from Margo to Bill on his birthday while he is directing a film in California. Eve hopes the unexpected late call will show Bill that Margo forgot his birthday; Eve even sends her own greeting. However, Margo grows suspicious, realizes that Eve set her up, and conceals her surprise and confusion. Wanting to get Eve away from Bill, Margo asks producer Max Fabian to hire Eve at his office; instead, Eve becomes Margo's understudy without Margo's knowledge.

As Margo's irritation grows, Karen sympathizes with Eve, believing that Margo is overdramatizing her resentment towards Eve. Hoping to humble Margo, Karen conspires for her to miss a performance so Eve can perform in her place. Eve secretly invites the city's theater critics to attend the performance—including the influential DeWitt. Eve's performance is a triumph. Later that night, Eve attempts to seduce Bill, a successful Broadway producer who could help her career. Seeing through her manipulations, Bill rejects Eve. Addison interviews Eve for a column, harshly criticizing Margo for resisting younger talent.

Margo and Bill announce their engagement while dining out with Lloyd and Karen. Eve summons Karen to the ladies' room and, after first appearing regretful, delivers an ultimatum: Karen must recommend her to Lloyd to play Cora, the lead role, in Lloyd's new play. Otherwise, she will expose Karen's part in Margo's missed performance. When Karen returns to the table—to her relief—Margo surprisingly announces that she does not wish to play Cora, saying she is too old for the ingenue role. Intimating that impending marriage has changed her perspective, Margo denounces Eve but also admits to no longer being captive to the artifices of a system forcing her to chase a glamorized ideal of beauty, youth, and success.

Eve is cast as Cora.
Just before the new play's premiere in New Haven, Eve reveals her next devious plan to Addison: to marry Lloyd—whom she has attempted to seduce, despite his wife Karen championing her—so that Lloyd can write plays for her to star in.

Angered by Eve's audacity, Addison reveals he knows her backstory is false; her real name is Gertrude Slescynski, she was never married, and she was paid to leave town over an affair with her married boss. He also says Lloyd would never leave Karen for Eve. Addison then blackmails Eve, saying she now "belongs" to him.

The story catches up to the opening scene; months later, Eve is a Broadway star headed for Hollywood. While accepting the Sarah Siddons Award, Eve thanks Margo, Bill, Lloyd, and Karen as all four coldly stare back. Eve skips the after-party and returns home, where she encounters Phoebe, a teenage fan who slipped into her apartment and fell asleep. Eve is angry but softens after Phoebe professes her adoration and ingratiates herself. Phoebe begins packing Eve's trunk. Eve invites her to stay over rather than take the long subway ride back to Brooklyn. While Eve is resting, Addison brings Eve's forgotten award to the door. Phoebe greets him, then admits she chose her own theatrical name. Addison realizes Phoebe will do to Eve what Eve did to Margo. When she is alone, Phoebe puts on Eve's elegant cloak and poses in front of a floor-length mirror, holding the award and bowing.

Cast

* Bette Davis as Margo Channing
* Anne Baxter as Gertrude Slojinski / Eve Harrington
* George Sanders as Addison DeWitt
* Celeste Holm as Karen Richards
* Gary Merrill as Bill Sampson
* Hugh Marlowe as Lloyd Richards
* Thelma Ritter as Birdie Coonan
* Gregory Ratoff as Max Fabian
* Marilyn Monroe as Claudia Casswell
* Barbara Bates as Phoebe
* Walter Hampden as Aged Actor (Sarah Siddons Award presenter)
* Randy Stuart as Girl
* Craig Hill as Leading Man
* Leland Harris as Doorman
* Barbara White as Autograph Seeker
* Eddie Fisher as Stage Manager
* William Pullen as Clerk
* Claude Stroud as Pianist (at party)
* Eugene Borden as Frenchman
* Helen Mowery as Reporter
* Steven Geray as Captain of Waiters

Production

Development

The story of ''All About Eve'' originated in an anecdote related to Mary Orr by actress Elisabeth Bergner. While performing in '' The Two Mrs. Carrolls'' during 1943 and 1944, Bergner allowed a young fan to become part of her household and employed her as an assistant, but later regretted her generosity when the woman attempted to undermine her. Referring to her only as "the terrible girl", Bergner related the events to Orr, who used it as the basis for her short story " The Wisdom of Eve" (1946). In the story, Orr gives the girl an even more ruthless character and allows her to succeed in stealing the older actress's career and the husband of the unnamed female narrator. Bergner later confirmed the basis of the story in her autobiography ''Bewundert viel, und viel gescholten'' (''Greatly Admired and Greatly Scolded'').

In 1949, Joseph Mankiewicz was considering a story about an aging actress and, upon reading "The Wisdom of Eve," felt that the conniving girl would be a useful element. He sent a memo to Darryl F. Zanuck saying it "fits in with an original idea f mineand can be combined. Superb starring role for Susan Hayward." Mankiewicz presented a film treatment of the combined stories under the title ''Best Performance.'' He changed the main character's name from Margola Cranston to Margo Channing and retained several of Orr's characters – Eve Harrington, Lloyd and Karen Richards and Miss Casswell – while removing Margo's husband completely and replacing him with a new character, Bill Sampson. The intention was to depict Margo in a new relationship and allow Eve to threaten Margo's professional and personal lives. Mankiewicz also added the characters Addison DeWitt, Birdie Coonan, Max Fabian and Phoebe.

Zanuck was enthusiastic and provided numerous suggestions for improving the screenplay. In some sections, he felt that Mankiewicz's writing lacked subtlety or provided excessive detail. He suggested diluting Birdie Coonan's mistrust of Eve so the audience would not recognize Eve as a villainess until much later in the story. Zanuck reduced the screenplay by about 50 pages and chose the title ''All About Eve'' from the opening scene in which Addison DeWitt says that he will soon tell "more of Eve ... All about Eve, in fact."Staggs, Sam (2001)
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Casting

Among the actresses originally considered to play Margo Channing were Mankiewicz's original inspiration Susan Hayward, who was rejected by Zanuck as "too young", Marlene Dietrich, dismissed as "too German" and Gertrude Lawrence, who was ruled out when her lawyer insisted that she not have to drink or smoke in the film and that the script would be rewritten to allow her to sing a torch song. Zanuck favored Barbara Stanwyck, but she was not available. Tallulah Bankhead was considered, as was Joan Crawford, who was working on the film ''The Damned Don't Cry.''

The role went to Claudette Colbert, but she withdrew after an injury shortly before filming began. Mankiewicz briefly considered Ingrid Bergman before offering the role to Bette Davis. Davis, who had recently ended an 18-year association with Warner Bros. after several poorly received films, accepted the role, saying later that the script was among the best that she had ever read. Margo had been originally conceived as genteel and knowingly humorous, but with the casting of Davis, Mankiewicz revised the character to introduce abrasive qualities. Mankiewicz praised Davis for her professionalism and for the caliber of her performance.

Anne Baxter had spent a decade in supporting roles and had won the 1946 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''The Razor's Edge.'' She won the role of Eve after Jeanne Crain, the first choice, became pregnant. Crain was at the height of her popularity and had established a career playing likable heroines; Zanuck believed that she lacked the "bitch virtuosity" required by the part and that audiences would not accept her as a deceitful character.

Mankiewicz greatly admired Thelma Ritter and wrote the character of Birdie Coonan for her after working with her on ''A Letter to Three Wives'' in 1949. As Coonan is the only character immediately suspicious of Eve Harrington, Mankiewicz was confident that Ritter would contribute a shrewd characterization that cast doubt on Eve and provided a counterpoint to the more theatrical personalities of the other characters. Marilyn Monroe, relatively unknown at the time, was cast as Miss Casswell, referred to by DeWitt as a "graduate of the Copacabana School of Dramatic Art."

Monroe won the part after a lobbying campaign by her agent, despite Zanuck's initial antipathy and belief that she was better suited to comedy. The inexperienced Monroe was cowed by Davis, and it took 11 takes to complete the scene in the theater lobby; when Davis barked at her, Monroe left the set to vomit. Smaller roles were filled by Gregory Ratoff as the producer Max Fabian, Barbara Bates as Phoebe and Walter Hampden as the host of the award ceremony. Hampden was the president of the prestigious Players Club in New York, a club for actors that gives a lifetime achievement award.

Reception

Box office

The film earned $3.1 million in receipts in the United States during its release, more than double its original budget of $1.4 million., . the film had a cumulative gross of $8.4 million,Box Office Information for ''All About Eve''
. The Numbers. Retrieved November 11, 2012. more than five times its production costs.

Critical response

''All About Eve'' received widespread critical acclaim upon its release on October 13, 1950, at a New York City premiere. The film's competitor, ''Sunset Boulevard,'' released the same year, drew similar praise, and the two were often favorably compared. Film critic Bosley Crowther of ''The New York Times'' loved the picture, stating that "a fine Darryl Zanuck production, excellent music and an air of ultra-class complete this superior satire."Crowther, Bosley (October 14, 1950)
"Movie Review – All About Eve"
''The New York Times''. ''Variety'' called it "a literate, adult film" with "exceedingly well-cast performances," while ''Harrison's Reports'' called it "a fascinating, continually absorbing story about Broadway theatrical people, given a mature treatment and penetrated with realistic dialogue and flashes of slick, sardonic humor." John McCarten of ''The New Yorker'' called it "a thoroughly entertaining movie."

Writing in 2000, film critic Roger Ebert of the ''Chicago Sun Times'' praised the film, saying of Bette Davis that "veteran actress Margo Channing in ''All About Eve'' was her greatest role." Boxoffice.com stated that it "is a classic of the American cinema – to this day the quintessential depiction of ruthless ambition in the entertainment industry, with legendary performances from Bette Davis, Anne Baxter and George Sanders anchoring one of the very best films from one of Hollywood's very best Golden Era filmmakers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz."

As of 2021 review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, ''All About Eve'' holds an approval rating of 99% based on 107 reviews, with an average rating of 9.30/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Smart, sophisticated, and devastatingly funny, ''All About Eve'' is a Hollywood classic that only improves with age." In 2019 Metacritic assigned a weighted average score of 98 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Thematic content

Critics and academics have delineated various themes in the film. Rebecca Flint Marx, in her ''Allmovie'' review, notes the antagonism that existed between Broadway and Hollywood at the time, stating that the "script summoned into existence a whole array of painfully recognizable theatre types, from the aging, egomaniacal grand dame to the outwardly docile, inwardly scheming ingenue to the powerful critic who reeks of malignant charm." Abel Green, writing in ''Variety'' said, "The snide references to picture people, the plug for San Francisco ("an oasis of civilization in the California desert") and the like are purposeful and manifest an intelligent reflex from a group of hyper-talented people towards the picture business."

Roger Ebert, in his review in ''The Great Movies'', says Eve Harrington is "a universal type", and focuses on the aging actress plot line, comparing the film to ''Sunset Boulevard.''Ebert, Roger
"All About Eve (1950)"
, "Great Movies by Roger Ebert" on RogerEbert.com, November 6, 2000. Similarly, Marc Lee's 2006 review of the film for ''The Daily Telegraph'' describes a subtext "into the darker corners of show business, exposing its inherent ageism, especially when it comes to female stars." Kathleen Woodward's 1999 book, ''Figuring Age: Women, Bodies, Generations (Theories of Contemporary Culture)'', also discusses themes that appeared in many of the "aging actress" films of the 1950s and 1960s, including ''All About Eve.'' She reasons that Margo has three options: "To continue to work, she can perform the role of a young woman, one she no longer seems that interested in. She can take up the position of the angry bitch, the drama queen who holds court (the deliberate camp that Susan Sontag finds in this film). Or she can accept her culture's gendered discourse of aging which figures her as in her moment of fading. Margo ultimately chooses the latter option, accepting her position as one of loss."

''All About Eve'' has long been a favored film among gay audiences, likely due to its campy overtones (in part due to the casting of Davis) and its general sophistication. Davis, who long had a strong gay fan base, expressed support for gay men in her 1972 interview with ''The Advocate''.Burston, Paul (November 22, 2007)
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''The Times'' (London).Cleto, Fabio (1999)
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Accolades

Later recognition and rankings

In 1990, ''All About Eve'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.""National Film Registry"
. ''Library of Congress''. Retrieved October 28, 2011. The Academy Film Archive preserved ''All About Eve'' in 2000. The film received in 1997 a placement on the Producers Guild of America Hall of Fame. The film has been selected by the American Film Institute for many of their 100 Years lists.

When AFI named Bette Davis #2 on its list of the greatest female American screen legends, ''All About Eve'' was the film selected to highlight Davis' legendary career. The Writers Guild of America has ranked the film's screenplay as the fifth greatest ever written.

Sarah Siddons Award

The film opens with the presentation of the fictional Sarah Siddons Award for Distinguished Achievement, described by the character Addison DeWitt as "the highest honor our theater knows." The statuette is modeled after ''Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse'', an 18th-century painting by Joshua Reynolds. A reproduction of the painting is seen in the entrance of Margo Channing's apartment and is prominently featured during the party scene. In 1952, inspired by the film, a group of Chicago theater patrons founded the Sarah Siddons Society and began awarding a real-life version of the Sarah Siddons Award, designed to resemble the fictional trophy depicted in the film. The first award was presented to Helen Hayes in 1953, and subsequent recipients have included Bette Davis, Celeste Holm, Lauren Bacall, and Angela Lansbury.

Adaptations

The first radio adaptation was a one-hour broadcast on ''Lux Radio Theatre'' on CBS Radio on October 1, 1951, with Bette Davis, Gary Merrill and Anne Baxter reprising their original roles. ''Lux Radio Theatre'' did a follow-up adaptation on November 23, 1954, this time on NBC radio with Ann Blyth and Claire Trevor playing the lead roles, with Trevor replacing Ida Lupino when she became ill and was unable to attend the broadcast.

A radio version of ''All About Eve'' starring Tallulah Bankhead as Margo Channing was presented on NBC's '' The Big Show'' by the Theatre Guild of the Air on November 16, 1952. Bankhead and many contemporary critics felt that the characterization of Margo Channing was patterned on her, a long-rumored charge denied by both Mankiewicz and Davis, but attested by costume designer Edith Head. Additionally, Bankhead's rivalry with her understudy (Lizabeth Scott) during the production of ''The Skin of Our Teeth'' is cited as an alternative hypothesis for the origin of Mary Orr's ''The Wisdom of Eve,'' the original short story that formed the basis for the film. Bette Davis played three roles on film that Tallulah Bankhead had originated''Dark Victory'', ''Jezebel'' and ''The Little Foxes'', much to Bankhead's chagrin. Bankhead and Davis were considered to be somewhat similar in style.Source: liner notes, ''All About Eve'', Moving Finger LP MF002 Several decades later Davis called Channing "the essence of a Tallulah Bankhead kind of actress" in an interview with Barbara Walters. The production is notable in that Mary Orr, of ''The Wisdom of Eve,'' played the role of Karen Richards. The cast also featured Alan Hewitt as Addison DeWitt (who narrated), Beatrice Pearson as Eve Harrington, Don Briggs as Lloyd Richards, Kevin McCarthy as Bill Samson, Florence Robinson as Birdie Coonan, and Stefan Schnabel as Max Fabian.

In 1970, ''All About Eve'' was the inspiration for the stage musical ''Applause,'' with book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. The original production starred Lauren Bacall as Margo Channing, and it won the Tony Award for Best Musical that season. It ran for four previews and 896 performances at the Palace Theatre on Broadway. After Bacall left the production, she was replaced by Anne Baxter in the role of Margo Channing.

In 2019, a stage adaptation of ''All About Eve'' premiered at the Noël Coward Theatre in London, directed by Ivo van Hove and starring Gillian Anderson as Margo Channing, Julian Ovenden as Bill, and Lily James as Eve Harrington.

In popular culture

* The plot of the film has been recycled numerous times, frequently as an outright homage to the film, with one notable example being a 1974 episode of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' titled "A New Sue Ann". In the episode, Sue Ann Nivens (Betty White), hostess of a popular local cooking show, hires a young, pretty, and very eager fan (Linda Kelsey) as her apprentice and assistant, but the neophyte quickly begins to sabotage her mentor in an attempt to replace her as host of the show. Sue Ann, unlike Margo Channing, prevails in the end and counters the young woman's attempts to steal her success before sending her on her way.
* Brazilian telenovela ''Celebridade'' was loosely based on the plot; it features Malu Mader as the successful businesswoman and former model Maria Clara Diniz, who hires Laura Prudente da Costa (Cláudia Abreu) for a job in her company after she saves her life and claims to be her greatest fan — but she is, in fact, an imposter who wants not only to take everything from the other woman, but to become a new Maria Clara.
* The English rock band All About Eve took their name from the film.
* Steven Soderbergh's 2012 film ''Magic Mike'' is a loose re-working of the ''All About Eve'' plot and includes subtle references in homage to the original. The lead actor Channing Tatum name checks Bette Davis's character Margo Channing, and instead of Eve, the ambitious young upstart is named Adam, played by Alex Pettyfer. Like Eve, Adam gets his stage debut filling in for an absent star, and his subsequent ruthless rise to glory at the expense of others mirrors that of Eve.
* A 2008 episode of ''The Simpsons'' titled "All About Lisa" is influenced by this film. In the episode, Lisa Simpson becomes Krusty the Clown's assistant, eventually taking his place on television and receiving an entertainment award.
* Pedro Almodóvar's 1999 Academy Award-winning Spanish-language film ''Todo sobre mi madre'' (''All About My Mother'') has elements similar to those found in ''All About Eve''. The title of the film itself is an homage to the 1950 film.
* In the fifth season of ''The L Word'', a fan becomes Jenny Schecter's assistant while she is directing a movie; later the fan blackmails the movie studio into letting her direct and she proceeds to take over Jenny's life.
* In the second season of ''Glee'', Kurt Hummel calls his fellow glee club member Santana Lopez "a Latina Eve Harrington", after learning she is blackmailing a closeted jock into becoming her "beard" and running mate for Prom Queen and King.
* In the first season of ''Will & Grace'', Grace becomes dependent on a maid to give her a confidence boost during a design competition. This prompts her drunken assistant Karen to suspect a plot and she confronts the maid, exclaiming "I've seen ''All About Eve''. Poooor Eve!"
* In the pilot episode of '' Political Animals'', when Susan suspects Georgia, a fellow reporter, has a crush on her boyfriend and is attempting to outshine her at the newspaper, she says, "If Eve Harrington were an actual person today, she would look like Georgia. She would bake cupcakes, and she would have a blog."
* In the third season of ''Gilligan's Island'', the episode "All About Eva" concerns the character of Eva Grubb coming on the island and taking over Ginger's persona, with both roles played by actress Tina Louise.
* In the fifth season of ''Quantum Leap'', the plot of the episode "Goodbye Norma Jean" mirrors that of ''All About Eve''. In it, Sam Beckett leaps into Marilyn Monroe's chauffeur and finds himself pitted against an aspiring actress who is trying to steal Monroe's part for the film '' The Misfits''. Sam succeeds in stopping Monroe's rival, and she rightfully takes her place as Clark Gable's leading lady.
* In Alex Holdridge's 2007 film ''In Search of a Midnight Kiss'', Vivian, an amateur actress played by Sara Simmonds, says to Wilson, played by Scoot McNairy: "I just don't think people out here have the raw ambition that I do." And he replies: "You are a real ''All About Eve''."
* ''All About Steve'' is a 2009 American comedy film.
* A season 6 episode of ''Designing Women'' titled, "All About Odes to Atlanta", sees Carlene, Mary Jo, and Julia entering a song contest and drawing the attention of a young "fan" who seems all too eager to help them, much to Allison's distrust.
* The season 20 episode of ''Family Guy'' titled " All About Alana" is a homage to the film and sees Lois Griffin allowing one of her piano students Alana Fitzgerald to move in with the family, who begins slowly taking over Lois' life.
* The film was a direct influence on a professional wrestling storyline in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) from 2023 to 2025, in which Mariah May debuted as a superfan and later protegé of "Timeless" Toni Storm (whose character is a classical Hollywood actress based on ''Sunset Boulevard''), only to betray Storm and reveal herself as a villain whose plan all along was to supplant Storm as the AEW Women's World Champion.

See also

*List of cult films

References

Notes

Citations

Further reading
* Mankiewicz, Joseph L. (October 16, 1972
"All About the Women in 'All About Eve'"
''New York Magazine''. pp. 37–42

External links

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Literature on All About Eve

"All About Eve: Upstage, Downstage"
an essay by Terrence Rafferty at the Criterion Collection
* "All About Eve" essay by Daniel Eagan i
''America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry''
London: Continuum 2010 , , pp. 440–41

Streaming audio

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on Lux Radio Theater: October 1, 1951

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on Theater Guild on the Air: November 16, 1952

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