An aging Broadway star Margo Channing had it all: success, friends, young lover. Modest and hardworking Eva becomes her assistant, acting as mistress of all desires. Faster than anyone realizes that eve, motivated by the desire to become "the new Margo Channing," the cynical theater critic Addison DeWitt.
Satiated with life and despised his outward civility, he decides to help a young career woman. She becomes his grateful pupil and hard, not disdaining anything, goes to the fame, betraying the people around her
All About Eve
| Year | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Tagline | It's all about womenand their men! |
| Director | Joseph Leo Mankiewicz |
| Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
| Scriptwriters | Joseph Leo MankiewiczMary Orr |
| Produced | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Music | Alfred Newman |
| Art Direction | George W. DavisLyle R. WheelerThomas Little |
| Editing | Barbara McLean |
| Genres | Drama |
| USA Gross | $63 463сборы |
| Release Date | October 13, 1950 |
| Runtime | 133 min. |
Plot Summary
Did You Know?
The story by Mary Orr "the Wisdom of eve" was based on a true story that happened to actress Elizabeth Bergner that is often called the "Garbo of the stage". The story was published in the magazine "Cosmopolitan" in may 1946
Screenwriter Joseph Leo Mankiewicz began his career in 1929 in Berlin
The original title of the film "the Wisdom of eve" was changed several times: first it became an "eve Harrington", then in "the Best role", and was then found the final version "All about eve".
Fox has acquired the film rights to the story for $3500.
Movie star Bette Davis once admitted that Joseph Leo Mankiewicz saved her career, giving her such a great role.
The role of Margot also claimed Tallulah Bankhead and Susan Hayward.
The twentieth and final series of the season 19 of "the Simpsons" (1989) is called All About Lisa (Russ. All about Lisa). The storyline of the series is a parody of "All about eve".
In 1990, the film was selected for storage in the National registry of films.
Although the film's producer Darryl Zanuck wanted to see starring Marlene Dietrich, Mankiewicz insisted on the candidacy of Claudette Colbert. However, two weeks before shooting began, she was forced to abandon the role due to an accident. In the end the role of Margo Channing went to Bette Davis.
It is known that Mankiewicz when creating the image Margot was inspired by the fate of peg Woffington, Irish actress of the eighteenth century
