All About Eve DVD

All About Eve
Based on the story The Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr, All About Eve is an elegantly bitchy backstage story revolving around aspiring actress Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter). Tattered and forlorn, Eve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing (Bette Davis), weaving a melancholy life story to Margo and her friends. Taking pity on the girl, Margo takes Eve as her personal assistant. Before long, it becomes apparent that naïve Eve is a Machiavellian conniver who cold-bloodedly uses Margo, her director Bill Sampson (Gary Merill), Lloyd's wife Karen (Celeste Holm), and waspish critic Addison De Witt (George Sanders) to rise to the top of the theatrical heap. Also appearing in All About Eve is Marilyn Monroe, introduced by Addison De Witt as "a graduate of the Copacabana school of dramatic art." This is but one of the hundreds of unforgettable lines penned by writer/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the most famous of which is Margo Channing's lip-sneering admonition, "Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night." All About Eve received 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Bette Davis as Margo Channing Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington George Sanders as Addison De Witt Celeste Holm as Karen Richards Gary Merrill as Bill Sampson Hugh Marlowe as Lloyd Richards Thelma Ritter as Birdie Coonan Marilyn Monroe as Miss Claudia Caswell Gregory Ratoff as Max Fabian Barbara Bates as Phoebe Walter Hampden as Aged Actor (Speaker at Dinner) Randy Stuart as Girl Craig Hill as Leading Man Barbara White as Autograph Seeker William Pullen as Clerk Claude Stroud as Pianist Eugene Borden as Frenchman Helen Mowery as Reporter Steven Geray as Captain of Waiters

Crew George W. Davis - Art Director Lyle Wheeler - Art Director Edith Head - Costume Designer Charles LeMaire - Costume Designer Gaston Glass - First Assistant Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Director Barbara McLean - Editor Alfred Newman - Composer (Music Score) Ben Nye, Sr. - Makeup Milton Krasner - Cinematographer Darryl F. Zanuck - Producer Thomas K. Little - Set Designer Walter Scott - Set Designer Fred Sersen - Special Effects Roger Heman - Sound/Sound Designer W.D. Flick - Sound/Sound Designer Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Screenwriter Mary Orr - Short Story Author

All About Eve
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. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
 

Alfred Newman: Academy, Best Drama or Comedy Score (nominated) Anne Baxter: Academy, Best Actress (nominated) Barbara McLean: Academy, Best Editing (nominated) Bette Davis: Academy, Best Actress (nominated) Bette Davis: Cannes Film Festival, Best Actress (winner) Bette Davis: Golden Globe, Best Actress - Drama (nominated) Bette Davis: New York Film Critics Circle, Best Actress (winner) Celeste Holm: Academy, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Charles LeMaire: Academy, Best Black and White Costume Design (winner) Edith Head: Academy, Best Black and White Costume Design (winner) George Sanders: Academy, Best Supporting Actor (winner) George Sanders: Golden Globe, Best Supporting Actor (nominated) George W. Davis: Academy, Best Black and White Art Direction (nominated) Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Academy, Best Director (winner) Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Academy, Best Screenplay (winner) Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Directors Guild of America, Best Director (winner) Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Golden Globe, Best Director (nominated) Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Golden Globe, Best Screenplay (winner) Joseph L. Mankiewicz: New York Film Critics Circle, Best Director (winner) Lyle Wheeler: Academy, Best Black and White Art Direction (nominated) Milton Krasner: Academy, Best Black and White Cinematography (nominated) Thelma Ritter: Academy, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Thelma Ritter: Golden Globe, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Thomas K. Little: Academy, Best Black and White Art Direction (nominated) Walter Scott: Academy, Best Black and White Art Direction (nominated)

Academy, Best Picture (winner) American Film Institute, 100 Greatest American Movies (winner) Cannes Film Festival, Special Jury Prize (winner) Library of Congress, U.S. National Film Registry (winner) National Board of Review, Best Picture (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish Subtitle Options: English, Spanish Sound Processing: 1: PCM mono 2: PCM stereo Additional Features: cc Audio commentary by Celeste Holm, Christopher Mankiewicz and Kenneth Geist Audio commentary by Sam Staggs AMC backstory episode: All About Eve Original interviews with Bette Davis and Ann Baxter 4 movietone newsreels Restoration comparison Theatrical trailer Full fram format English stereo English mono French mono Spanish mono English and Spanish subtitles DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 138 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Main Titles [1:05] 2. The Sarah Siddons Award [6:16] 3. Only Last October [2:22] 4. Meet Margo Channing [2:10] 5. How it Started [3:10] 6. What Is Theater? [6:36] 7. At the Airport [3:13] 8. Eve Moves In [:27] 9. Midnight Caller [2:08] 10. Paranoiac Insecurity? [4:06] 11. Bill's Welcome Home Birthday Party [6:03] 12. The New Understudy [1:22] 13. A Breed Apart [4:01] 14. The Party's Over [8:00] 15. A Mass of Fire and Music [2:19] 16. Coming Unglued [3:02] 17. A Perfectly Harmless Joke [2:40] 18. Forward Pass [:07] 19. Addison's Review [3:31] 20. Lloyd's Idea? [3:34] 21. The Cub Room [9:26] 22. A Simple Exchange of Favors [1:03] 23. "What's So Funny?" [8:07] 24. Footsteps on the Ceiling [5:43] 25. Killer to Killer [:19] 26. A Night to Remember [4:08] 27. Phoebe [3:25] 28. End Titles [3:45]