All About Eve [2 Discs]

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Overview

This classic film is a drama about an aging Broadway leading lady who hires a seemingly sweet and innocent young woman as her assistant. But it is gradually revealed that the assistant's outward demeanor masks sly schemes and ruthless ambition. Sparkling dialog makes this one of Hollywood's all-time wittiest movies.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/08/2008
UPC:	0024543507321
Original Release:	1950
Rating:	NR
Source:	20TH CENT
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	2:18:00
Sales rank:	17,295

Special Features

Closed Caption; Disc 1: ; Commentary by actor Celeste Holm, Joseph Mankiewicz biographer Ken Geist and Christpher Mankiewicz; Commentary by author Sam Staggs; Isolated score track; ; Disc 2: ; Directed by Joseph L. Makiewicz featurette; Joseph L. Makiewicz: A Personal Journey featurette; The Real Eve featurette; The Secret of Sarah Siddons featurette; AMC Backstory: All About Eve; Fox Movietonews: Academy Awards Honor Best Film Achievements, Hollywood attends Gala Premier of All About Eve; Holiday Magazine Awards, Look Magazine Awards; Restoration comparison; Original theatrical trailer and more!

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bette Davis	Margo Channing
Anne Baxter	Eve Harrington
Gary Merrill	Bill Sampson
George Sanders	Addison De Witt
Celeste Holm	Karen Richards
Hugh Marlowe	Lloyd Richards
Thelma Ritter	Birdie Coonan
Marilyn Monroe	Miss Casswell
Gregory Ratoff	Max Fabian
Barbara Bates	Phoebe
Walter Hampden	Aged Actor
Randy Stuart	Girl
Craig Hill	Leading Man
Leland Harris	Doorman
Barbara White	Autograph Seeker
Eddie Fisher	Stage Manager
William Pullen	Clerk
Claude Stroud	Pianist
Eugene Borden	Frenchman
Helen Mowery	Reporter
Steven Geray	Captain of Waiters,Actor
Bess Flowers	Well-Wisher
Ed Fisher	Stage Manager
Alfred Newman	Composer

Technical Credits

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Fred Sersen	Special Effects
Darryl F. Zanuck	Producer
Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Screenwriter
W.D. Flick	Sound/Sound Designer
Roger Heman	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- All About Eve: Feature Film
1. Main Titles [1:04]
2. The Sarah Siddons Award [6:17]
3. Only Last October [2:22]
4. Meet Margo Channing [5:20]
5. How It Started [6:36]
6. What Is Theater? [3:13]
7. At the Airport [2:35]
8. Eve Moves In [4:07]
9. Midnight Caller [6:02]
10. Paranoiac Insecurity? [5:24]
11. Bill's Welcome Home Birthday Party [10:19]
12. The New Understudy [3:02]
13. A Breed Apart [2:47]
14. The Party's Over [3:31]
15. A Mass of Fire and Music [3:34]
16. Coming Unglued [9:25]
17. A Perfectly Harmless Joke [9:11]
18. Forward Pass [6:02]
19. Addison's Review [4:08]
20. Lloyd's Idea [3:25]
21. The Club Room [3:46]
22. A Simple Exchange of Favors [7:03]
23. "What's So Funny?" [3:22]
24. Footsteps On the Ceiling [4:16]
25. Killer to Killer [8:48]
26. A Night to Remember [5:18]
27. Phoebe [6:08]
28. End Titles [:49]

Menu

Disc #1 -- All About Eve: Feature Film
Play
Language Selection
Language and Audio
English Mono
English Stereo
Spanish Mono
French Mono
Commentary by Actor Celeste Holm, Mankiewicz Biographer Ken Geist and Christopher Mankiewicz
Commentary by Author Sam Staggs
Isolated Score Track
Subtitles
English
Spanish
None
Scene Selection
Special Features
Commentary by Actor Celeste Holm, Mankiewicz Biographer Ken Geist and Christopher Mankiewicz: On
Commentary by Actor Celeste Holm, Mankiewicz Biographer Ken Geist and Christopher Mankiewicz: Off
Commentary by Author Sam Staggs: On
Commentary by Author Sam Staggs: Off
Isolated Score Track: On
Isolated Score Track: Off
Disc #2 -- All About Eve: Special Features
Special Features
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. Mankiewicz: A Personal Journey
The Real Eve
The Secret of Sarah Siddons
AMC Backstory: All About Eve
Vintage Bette David Promotion
Vintage Anne Baxter Promotion
Fox Movietonews
1951: Academy Awards Honor Best Film Achievements
1951: Hollywood Attends Gala Premiere of All About Eve
Holiday Magazine Awards
Look Magazine Awards
Restoration Comparison
Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Pressbook Gallery
Poster Gallery
Still Gallery

Editorial Reviews

A skewering satire of the theatre world, All About Eve entertains while it eviscerates. This is a film that really does have it all: Joseph L. Mankiewicz's sure-handed direction and gloriously poisonous screenplay, celluloid diva Bette Davis at her disdainful best, uniformly excellent performances from the supporting cast, and costumes that further demonstrate that designer Edith Head did indeed give good wardrobe. The fact that All About Eve swept the 1950 Academy Awards speaks to all of these qualities, but a great deal of the film's historical and cinematic importance lies in its content. For years, Broadway had taken aim at Hollywood, and now the tables were turned with considerable venom. Mankiewicz's 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. The fact that the film succeeds in delivering such a wallop without descending into bitchy tirade makes it an enduring testament to the powers of elegant satire, further proof that there is no more dangerous combination than wit and a typewriter.