TY  - ADVS
AU  - Mankiewicz,Joseph L.
AU  - Zanuck,Darryl Francis
AU  - Davis,Bette
AU  - Baxter,Anne
AU  - Sanders,George
AU  - Holm,Celeste
AU  - Merrill,Gary
AU  - Marlowe,Hugh
AU  - Ratoff,Gregory
AU  - Ritter,Thelma
AU  - Monroe,Marilyn
AU  - Newman,Alfred
AU  - Bates,Barbara
AU  - Hampden,Walter
AU  - Krasner,Milton
AU  - McLean,Barbara
AU  - Orr,Mary
AU  - Orr,Mary
ED  - Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation,
ED  - Criterion Collection (Firm),
TI  - All about Eve
T2  - The Criterion collection
SN  - 9781681436616
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - [New York, N.Y.]
PB  - The Criterion Collection
KW  - Actresses
KW  - United States
KW  - Drama
KW  - Theater
KW  - Feature films
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Film adaptations
KW  - Fiction films
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
N1  - Title and credits from screen; Based on the short story: The wisdom of Eve / Mary Orr; Aspect ratio 1.37:1; Originally released as a motion picture in 1950; Features on disc one: 4K digital restoration; Two audio commentaries from 2010, one featuring actor Celeste Holm, director Joseph L Mankiewicz's son Christopher Mankiewicz, and author Kenneth L. Geist, and the other featuring author Sam Staggs; New interview with costume historian Larry McQueen; Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (a documentary from 2010 about Mankiewicz's life and career); The secret of Sarah Siddons (a documentary from 2010 which chronicles the formation of a real Sarah Siddons Society in Chicago); Radio adaptation of the film from 1951; Promotion for the film featuring Davis -- on disc two: All About Mankiewicz, a feature-length documentary from 1983 about the director; Episodes of The Dick Cavett Show from 1969 and 1980 featuring actors Bette Davis and Gary Merrill; Hollywood Backstories: "All About Eve," a 2001 documentary featuring interviews with Davis and others about the making of the film; Joseph L. Mankiewicz: a personal journey (a documentary from 2010 in the director's life); The real Eve (a documentary from 2000 with film scholar Jonathan Kuntz and theater critic Harry Haun discussing the real-life people who inspired the film) -- in booklet: "The Wisdom of Eve," the 1946 short story on which the film is based; An essay by critic Terrence Rafferty; disc one. [Feature film; special features] -- disc two. [Special features]; Director of photography, Milton Krasner ; editor, Barbara McLean ; music, Alfred Newman; Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, Gregory Ratoff, Thelma Ritter, Marilyn Monroe, Barbara Bates, Walter Hampden; Rating: Not rated
N2  - "In Joseph L. Mankiewicz's devastatingly witty Hollywood classic, backstage is where the real drama plays out. One night, Margo Channing (Bette Davis) entertains a surprise dressing-room visitor: her most adoring fan, the shy, wide-eyed Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter). But as Eve becomes a fixture in Margo's life, the Broadway legend soon realizes that her supposed admirer intends to use her and everyone in her circle, including George Sanders's acid-tongued critic, as stepping-stones to stardom. Featuring stiletto-sharp dialogue and direction by Mankiewicz, and an unforgettable Davis in the role that revived her career and came to define it, the multiple-Oscar-winning All About Eve is the most deliciously entertaining film ever made about the ruthlessness of show business"--Container
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