All About Eve (1950)

All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. It's based on Mary Orr's 1946 short tale "The Wisdom of Eve," albeit she doesn't get a film credit.

The film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a well-liked but elderly Broadway performer, and Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington, an astute young admirer who infiltrates Channing's life, putting her career and personal relationships in jeopardy. George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, Thelma Ritter, Marilyn Monroe in one of her first performances, Gregory Ratoff, Barbara Bates, and Walter Hampden also appear in the picture.

All About Eve garnered a record 14 Academy Award nominations and won six, including Best Picture. It was praised by reviewers at the time of its release. All About Eve is the first film in Academy Award history to garner four nominations for female performance (Davis and Baxter as Best Actress, Holm and Ritter as Best Supporting Actress). All About Eve, widely regarded as one of the finest films of all time, was one of the first 50 films to be selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress, as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important."

Detailed information:

Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Release date: October 13, 1950

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042192