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In person: Vanity Fair Contributing Editor Lorraine Nicholson
Writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s witty look at the backstage lives of actresses and the people in their inner circle was, fittingly enough, the first film to earn two Best Actress nominations—for Anne Baxter’s insinuating Eve, and Bette Davis’s virtuoso performance as the volatile yet vulnerable Broadway legend Margo Channing. All About Eve won six Oscars, including for Mankiewicz’s directing and writing, and for George Sanders’s acerbic performance as the critic Addison DeWitt. The film features one of Marilyn Monroe’s earliest roles; although small, it was a pivotal early career moment for the actor, with Davis recognizing the star’s talent and determination.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1950 | 138 min | USA | Black-and-White | English | Not Rated | 35mm
DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
WITH: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Marilyn Monroe
New print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.