All About Eve © 1950 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. The ultimate backstage drama, All About Eve exposes the dark underbelly of Broadway just as its contemporary film Sunset Boulevard does for Hollywood. This witty, endlessly quotable film has become the archetype of the “ambitious young schemer strives to replace the reigning queen” plotline, but writer/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s examination of showbiz ageism has lost none of its freshness and snap. The career-best performances of

All About Eve 1950 Classic Scene 📹 Fasten Your Seatbelts 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 "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

All About Eve (1950) Fasten Your Seatbelts Scene All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It was based on the 1946 short story The Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr, although screen credit was not given for it. The film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star. Anne Baxter plays Eve Harrington, an ambitious young fan who maneuvers herself into Channing's life, ultimately threatening C