All About Eve [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

All About Eve [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Bette Davis
Bette Davis
, Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter
, Gary Merrill
Gary Merrill
, George Sanders
George Sanders
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All About Eve [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

All About Eve [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Bette Davis
Bette Davis
, Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter
, Gary Merrill
Gary Merrill
, George Sanders
George Sanders
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Blu-ray (Black & White)

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Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date: 11/26/2019
UPC: 0715515237710
Original Release: 1950
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W]
Language: English
Time: 2:18:00
Sales rank: 8,450

Special Features

4k digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Two Audio Commentaries from 2010, one featuring actor Celeste Holm, Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's on Christopher Mankiewicz, and author Kenneth L. Geist; the other featuring author Sam Staggs; All About Mankiewicz, a feature-length documentary from 1983 about the director; Episodes of the Dick Cavett Show from 1969 to 1980 featuring actors Bette Davis and Gary Merrill; New interview with costume historian Larry McQueen; Hollywood Backstories: "All About Eve," a 2001 documentary featuring interviews with Davis and others about the making of the film; Documentaries from 2010 about Mankiewicz's life and career; "The Wisdom of Eve," the 1946 short story on which the film is based, and its real-world inspiration; and a real-life Sarah Siddons Society based on the film's fictional organization; Radio adaptation of the film from 1951; Promotion for the film featuring Davis; Plus: An essay by critic Terrence Rafferty and "The Wisdom of Eve"

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 Director,Screenwriter
Fred Sersen Special Effects
Darryl F. Zanuck Producer
W.D. Flick Sound/Sound Designer
Roger Heman Sound/Sound Designer
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