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{{Short description|1950 US drama film by Joseph L. Mankiewicz}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = All About Eve
| image          = All About Eve (1950 poster - retouch).jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]]
| producer       = [[Darryl F. Zanuck]]
| screenplay     = Joseph L. Mankiewicz
| based_on       = {{based on|"The Wisdom of Eve"|[[Mary Orr]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Bette Davis]]
* [[Anne Baxter]]
* [[George Sanders]]
* [[Celeste Holm]]
* [[Gary Merrill]]
* [[Hugh Marlowe]]
* [[Thelma Ritter]]
* [[Marilyn Monroe]]
* [[Gregory Ratoff]]
* [[Barbara Bates]]
* [[Walter Hampden]]
}}
| music          = [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
| cinematography = [[Milton R. Krasner]]
| editing        = [[Barbara McLean]]
| studio         = [[20th Century-Fox]]
| distributor    = 20th Century-Fox
| released       = {{Film date|1950|10|13|New York City|ref1=<ref name="AFI Catalog"/>}}
| runtime        = 138 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 138:05--><ref>{{cite web| url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/all-about-eve-1970-4| archive-url=https://archive.today/20141206191705/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/all-about-eve-1970-4| url-status=dead| archive-date=December 6, 2014| title=''All About Eve'' (A)| website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]| date=October 2, 1950| access-date=December 6, 2014}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $1.4&nbsp;million<ref name="Solomon 1988 245">{{cite book| last=Solomon| first=Aubrey| year=1988| title=Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History| location=Lanham, Maryland| publisher=Scarecrow Press| page=245| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WIZwZOz8LHsC&q=all+about+eve| isbn=978-0810842441}}, {{OCLC|856785920}}.</ref><ref name="Behlmer 1990 208">{{cite book| first=Rudy| last=Behlmer| title=Behind the Scenes: The Making Of...| publisher=Samuel French| year=1990| page=208| isbn=978-0573606007}}</ref>
| gross          = $8.4&nbsp;million<ref name="the-numbers.com">[http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1950/0AAE.php Box Office Information for ''All About Eve''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929050304/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1950/0AAE.php |date=September 29, 2013 }}. [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]. Retrieved November 11, 2012.</ref>
}}

'''''All About Eve''''' is a 1950 American [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] written and directed by [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]], and produced by [[Darryl F. Zanuck]]. It is based on the 1946 short story (and subsequent 1949 radio drama) "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 theatre|Broadway]] star, and [[Anne Baxter]] as Eve Harrington, an ambitious young [[fan (aficionado)|fan]] who maneuvers herself into Channing's life, ultimately threatening Channing's career and her personal relationships. The film co-stars [[George Sanders]], [[Celeste Holm]], [[Gary Merrill]], and [[Hugh Marlowe]], and features [[Thelma Ritter]], [[Marilyn Monroe]] in one of her earliest roles, [[Gregory Ratoff]], [[Barbara Bates]] and [[Walter Hampden]].

''All About Eve'' held its world premiere in New York City on October 13, 1950.<ref name="AFI Catalog">{{AFI film|26204}}</ref> Highly praised by critics at the time of its release, it received a record 14 nominations<ref group="notes">This feat was only matched by the 1997 film ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' and the 2016 film ''[[La La Land]].''</ref> at the [[23rd Academy Awards]], becoming the only film in [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] history to receive four female acting nominations (Davis and Baxter as [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], Holm and Ritter as [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]). It went on to win six awards, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], as well as [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], Mankiewicz's second consecutive wins in both categories.

Widely considered as among the [[List of films considered the best|greatest films of all time]], in 1990, ''All About Eve'' became one of 25 films selected that year for preservation in the [[Library of Congress|United States Library of Congress]]'s [[National Film Registry]], deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref name="LOC" /> The film was ranked No. 16 on [[American Film Institute|AFI]]'s 1998 list of the [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies#List|100 best American films]].<ref>[http://www.afi.com/100years/movies.aspx "America's Greatest Movies"]. ''AFI''. Retrieved August 8, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite news| last1=Gamarekian| first1=Barbara| date=1990-10-19| title=Library of Congress Adds 25 Titles to National Film Registry| language=en-US| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/19/movies/library-of-congress-adds-25-titles-to-national-film-registry.html|access-date=2020-09-14| issn=0362-4331}}</ref><!--but dropped to #28 in the 10th anniversary list-->

==Plot==
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The story begins [[in medias res]], narrated by acerbic theatre critic Addison DeWitt, who introduces the various characters that are attending the prestigious Sarah Siddons Award ceremony. The theatrical honor is being presented to rising actress, Eve Harrington. DeWitt's narration promises to reveal Eve's true story before the narrative voice switches to Karen Richards.

Some years previous, [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] star Margo Channing, recently turned 40, worries about advancing age affecting her career. After a performance of Margo's latest play, her close friend, Karen Richards, wife of the play's author Lloyd Richards, meets besotted fan Eve Harrington outside the theatre and brings her backstage to meet Margo. Eve tells Karen, Lloyd, and Margo's maid Birdie, that she followed Margo's last theatrical tour to [[New York City]] after seeing her perform in [[San Francisco]]. She tells an engrossing story of an impoverished childhood and losing her husband in the [[Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II|South Pacific]] during [[World War II]]. Moved by Eve's story, Margo takes her into her home as her assistant, upsetting Birdie. Eve quickly manipulates her way into Margo's life as both secretary and adoring fan.

Margo is also concerned about her romantic relationship with the play's director, Bill Sampson, eight years her junior. Without telling Margo, Eve arranges a midnight, long-distance phone call from Margo to Bill on his birthday while he is directing a film in California. Eve hopes the unexpected late call will show Bill that Margo forgot his birthday; Eve even sends her own greeting. However, Margo grows suspicious, realizes that Eve set her up, and conceals her surprise and confusion. Wanting to get Eve away from Bill, Margo asks producer Max Fabian to hire Eve at his office; instead, Eve becomes Margo's [[understudy]] without Margo's knowledge.
[[File:All About Eve trailer (1950).webm|thumb|The film's trailer]]
As Margo's irritation grows, Karen sympathizes with Eve, believing that Margo is overdramatizing her resentment towards Eve. Hoping to humble Margo, Karen conspires for her to miss a performance so Eve can perform in her place. Eve secretly invites the city's theater critics to attend the performance—including the influential DeWitt. Eve's performance is a triumph. Later that night, Eve attempts to seduce Bill, a successful Broadway producer who could help her career. Seeing through her manipulations, Bill rejects Eve. Addison interviews Eve for a column, harshly criticizing Margo for resisting younger talent.

Margo and Bill announce their engagement while dining out with Lloyd and Karen. Eve summons Karen to the ladies' room and, after first appearing regretful, delivers an ultimatum: Karen must recommend her to Lloyd to play Cora, the lead role, in Lloyd's new play. Otherwise, she will expose Karen's part in Margo's missed performance. When Karen returns to the table—to her relief—Margo surprisingly announces that she does not wish to play Cora, saying she is too old for the ingenue role. Intimating that impending marriage has changed her perspective, Margo denounces Eve but also admits to no longer being captive to the artifices of a system forcing her to chase a glamorized ideal of beauty, youth, and success.

Eve is cast as Cora.
Just before the new play's premiere in [[New Haven]], Eve reveals her next devious plan to Addison: to marry Lloyd—whom she has attempted to seduce, despite his wife Karen championing her—so that Lloyd can write plays for her to star in.

Angered by Eve's audacity, Addison reveals he knows her backstory is false; her real name is Gertrude Slescynski, she was never married, and she was paid to leave town over an affair with her married boss. He also says Lloyd would never leave Karen for Eve. Addison then blackmails Eve, saying she now "belongs" to him.

The story catches up to the opening scene; months later, Eve is a Broadway star headed for Hollywood. While accepting the Sarah Siddons Award, Eve thanks Margo, Bill, Lloyd, and Karen as all four coldly stare back. Eve skips the after-party and returns home, where she encounters Phoebe, a teenage fan who slipped into her apartment and fell asleep. Eve is angry but softens after Phoebe professes her adoration and ingratiates herself. Phoebe begins packing Eve's trunk. Eve invites her to stay over rather than take the long subway ride back to Brooklyn. While Eve is resting, Addison brings Eve's forgotten award to the door. Phoebe greets him, then admits she chose her own theatrical name. Addison realizes Phoebe will do to Eve what Eve did to Margo. When she is alone, Phoebe puts on Eve's elegant cloak and poses in front of a floor-length mirror, holding the award and bowing.

==Cast==
[[File:EveEveMargotCasswellWitt.jpg|right|thumb|325px|A young and unknown [[Marilyn Monroe]] as Miss Casswell in a scene with [[Anne Baxter]], [[Bette Davis]] and [[George Sanders]]]]
* [[Bette Davis]] as Margo Channing
* [[Anne Baxter]] as Gertrude Slojinski / Eve Harrington
* [[George Sanders]] as Addison DeWitt
* [[Celeste Holm]] as Karen Richards
* [[Gary Merrill]] as Bill Sampson
* [[Hugh Marlowe]] as Lloyd Richards
* [[Thelma Ritter]] as Birdie Coonan
* [[Gregory Ratoff]] as Max Fabian
* [[Marilyn Monroe]] as Claudia Casswell
* [[Barbara Bates]] as Phoebe
* [[Walter Hampden]] as Aged Actor ([[Sarah Siddons]] Award presenter)
* [[Randy Stuart]] as Girl<ref name="ctmt110350">{{cite news |last=Tinée |first=Mae |title=Scintillating, Sharp - That's 'All About Eve' |work=Chicago Tribune |date=November 3, 1950 |location=Chicago, Illinois |page=39 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* [[Craig Hill (actor)|Craig Hill]] as Leading Man<ref name="ctmt110350" />
* Leland Harris as Doorman<ref name="ctmt110350" />
* Barbara White as Autograph Seeker<ref name="ctmt110350" />
* Eddie Fisher as Stage Manager<ref name="ctmt110350" />
* William Pullen as Clerk<ref name="ctmt110350" />
* Claude Stroud as Pianist (at party)
* [[Eugene Borden]] as Frenchman<ref name="ctmt110350" />
* [[Helen Mowery]] as Reporter<ref name="ctmt110350" />
* [[Steven Geray]] as Captain of Waiters<ref name="ctmt110350" />

==Production==
[[File:Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950).jpg|thumb|[[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]] in 1950]]

===Development===
The story of ''All About Eve'' originated in an anecdote related to [[Mary Orr]] by actress [[Elisabeth Bergner]]. While performing in ''[[The Two Mrs. Carrolls]]'' during 1943 and 1944, Bergner allowed a young fan to become part of her household and employed her as an assistant, but later regretted her generosity when the woman attempted to undermine her. Referring to her only as "the terrible girl", Bergner related the events to Orr, who used it as the basis for her short story "[[The Wisdom of Eve]]" (1946). In the story, Orr gives the girl an even more ruthless character and allows her to succeed in stealing the older actress's career and the husband of the unnamed female narrator. Bergner later confirmed the basis of the story in her autobiography ''Bewundert viel, und viel gescholten'' (''Greatly Admired and Greatly Scolded'').

In 1949, Joseph Mankiewicz was considering a story about an aging actress and, upon reading "The Wisdom of Eve," felt that the conniving girl would be a useful element. He sent a memo to [[Darryl F. Zanuck]] saying it "fits in with an original idea [of mine] and can be combined. Superb starring role for [[Susan Hayward]]." Mankiewicz presented a [[film treatment]] of the combined stories under the title ''Best Performance.'' He changed the main character's name from Margola Cranston to Margo Channing and retained several of Orr's characters – Eve Harrington, Lloyd and Karen Richards and Miss Casswell – while removing Margo's husband completely and replacing him with a new character, Bill Sampson. The intention was to depict Margo in a new relationship and allow Eve to threaten Margo's professional and personal lives. Mankiewicz also added the characters Addison DeWitt, Birdie Coonan, Max Fabian and Phoebe.

Zanuck was enthusiastic and provided numerous suggestions for improving the screenplay. In some sections, he felt that Mankiewicz's writing lacked subtlety or provided excessive detail. He suggested diluting Birdie Coonan's mistrust of Eve so the audience would not recognize Eve as a villainess until much later in the story. Zanuck reduced the screenplay by about 50 pages and chose the title ''All About Eve'' from the opening scene in which Addison DeWitt says that he will soon tell "more of Eve ... All about Eve, in fact."<ref name="staggs">Staggs, Sam (2001). [https://books.google.com/books?id=xUFplyZZAZsC&pg=PA224 ''All About "All About Eve"'']. St Martin's Press. {{ISBN|978-0312273156}}, {{OCLC|47637783}}</ref>

[[File:AllAboutEvecastpromo.jpg|thumb|350px|left|The principal cast of ''All About Eve.'' (Left to right) [[Gary Merrill]], [[Bette Davis]], [[George Sanders]], [[Anne Baxter]], [[Hugh Marlowe]] and [[Celeste Holm]]]]

===Casting===
Among the actresses originally considered to play Margo Channing were Mankiewicz's original inspiration [[Susan Hayward]], who was rejected by Zanuck as "too young", [[Marlene Dietrich]], dismissed as "too German" and [[Gertrude Lawrence]], who was ruled out when her lawyer insisted that she not have to drink or smoke in the film and that the script would be rewritten to allow her to sing a [[torch song]].<ref name=tcmnotes /> Zanuck favored [[Barbara Stanwyck]], but she was not available. [[Tallulah Bankhead]] was considered, as was [[Joan Crawford]], who was working on the film ''[[The Damned Don't Cry]].''<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.legendaryjoancrawford.com/castaphrocies.html| title=Cast-aphrocies| website=Legendary Joan Crawford| access-date=April 20, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905231400/http://www.legendaryjoancrawford.com/castaphrocies.html| archive-date=September 5, 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref>

The role went to [[Claudette Colbert]], but she withdrew after an injury shortly before filming began. Mankiewicz briefly considered [[Ingrid Bergman]] before offering the role to Bette Davis.<ref name=tcmnotes>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67044/all-about-eve#notes| title=All About Eve: Notes| website=[[Turner Classic Movies]]| access-date=April 24, 2022}}</ref> Davis, who had recently ended an 18-year association with [[Warner Bros.]] after several poorly received films, accepted the role, saying later that the script was among the best that she had ever read. Margo had been originally conceived as genteel and knowingly humorous, but with the casting of Davis, Mankiewicz revised the character to introduce abrasive qualities. Mankiewicz praised Davis for her professionalism and for the caliber of her performance.

[[Anne Baxter]] had spent a decade in supporting roles and had won the 1946 [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for ''[[The Razor's Edge (1946 film)|The Razor's Edge]].'' She won the role of Eve after [[Jeanne Crain]], the first choice, became pregnant. Crain was at the height of her popularity and had established a career playing likable heroines; Zanuck believed that she lacked the "bitch virtuosity" required by the part and that audiences would not accept her as a deceitful character.

Mankiewicz greatly admired [[Thelma Ritter]] and wrote the character of Birdie Coonan for her after working with her on ''[[A Letter to Three Wives]]'' in 1949. As Coonan is the only character immediately suspicious of Eve Harrington, Mankiewicz was confident that Ritter would contribute a shrewd characterization that cast doubt on Eve and provided a counterpoint to the more theatrical personalities of the other characters. [[Marilyn Monroe]], relatively unknown at the time, was cast as Miss Casswell, referred to by DeWitt as a "graduate of the [[Copacabana (nightclub)|Copacabana]] School of Dramatic Art."

Monroe won the part after a lobbying campaign by her agent,<ref name="miller">{{cite web| last=Miller| first=Frank| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67044/all-about-eve#articles-reviews?articleId=189049| title=All About Eve| website=Turner Classic Movies| access-date=April 24, 2022}}</ref> despite Zanuck's initial antipathy and belief that she was better suited to comedy.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}<ref name="miller" /> The inexperienced Monroe was cowed by Davis, and it took 11 takes to complete the scene in the theater lobby; when Davis barked at her, Monroe left the set to vomit.<ref name="miller" /> Smaller roles were filled by [[Gregory Ratoff]] as the producer Max Fabian, [[Barbara Bates]] as Phoebe and [[Walter Hampden]] as the host of the award ceremony.<ref name="staggs" /> Hampden was the president of the prestigious [[The Players (New York City)|Players Club]] in New York, a club for actors that gives a lifetime achievement award.

==Reception==
[[File:Bette Davis and Gary Merrill in All About Eve.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bette Davis]] and [[Gary Merrill]]  ]]

===Box office===
The film earned $3.1&nbsp;million in receipts in the United States during its release,<ref name="1950DomesticRevenue">{{cite web| url=http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1950.shtml| title=Top 20 Films of 1950 by Domestic Revenue| website=Box Office Report| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615023703/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1950.shtml| archive-date=June 15, 2008}}</ref> more than double its original budget of $1.4&nbsp;million.<ref name="Solomon 1988 245">{{cite book| last=Solomon| first=Aubrey| year=1988| title=Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History| location=Lanham, Maryland| publisher=Scarecrow Press| page=245| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WIZwZOz8LHsC&q=all+about+eve| isbn=978-0810842441}}, {{OCLC|856785920}}.</ref><ref name="Behlmer 1990 208">{{cite book| first=Rudy| last=Behlmer| title=Behind the Scenes: The Making Of...| publisher=Samuel French| year=1990| page=208| isbn=978-0573606007}}</ref>  {{asof|2012}} the film had a cumulative gross of $8.4&nbsp;million,<ref name="the-numbers.com">[http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1950/0AAE.php Box Office Information for ''All About Eve''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929050304/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1950/0AAE.php |date=September 29, 2013 }}. [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]. Retrieved November 11, 2012.</ref> more than five times its production costs.

===Critical response===
''All About Eve'' received widespread critical acclaim upon its release on October 13, 1950, at a New York City premiere. The film's competitor, ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]],'' released the same year, drew similar praise, and the two were often favorably compared. Film critic [[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' loved the picture, stating that "a fine Darryl Zanuck production, excellent music and an air of ultra-class complete this superior satire."<ref name="Bosley">Crowther, Bosley (October 14, 1950). [https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0CE1DB1738E73ABC4C52DFB667838B649EDE "Movie Review – All About Eve"]. ''The New York Times''.</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it "a literate, adult film" with "exceedingly well-cast performances,"<ref name=Variety>{{cite journal |last=Green |first=Abel |date=September 13, 1950 |title=All About Eve |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=6}}</ref> while ''[[Harrison's Reports]]'' called it "a fascinating, continually absorbing story about Broadway theatrical people, given a mature treatment and penetrated with realistic dialogue and flashes of slick, sardonic humor."<ref>{{cite journal |date=September 16, 1950 |title='All About Eve' with Bette Davis, Anne Baxter and Celeste Holm |journal=[[Harrison's Reports]] |page=146 }}</ref> [[John McCarten]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' called it "a thoroughly entertaining movie."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McCarten |first=John |date=October 21, 1950 |title=The Current Screen Holm |magazine=The New Yorker |page=128}}</ref>

Writing in 2000, film critic [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun Times]]'' praised the film, saying of Bette Davis that "veteran actress Margo Channing in ''All About Eve'' was her greatest role."<ref>{{cite news| last=Ebert| first=Roger| url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000611/REVIEWS08/6110301/1023| title=All About Eve (1950)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709051542/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20000611%2FREVIEWS08%2F6110301%2F1023| archive-date=July 9, 2007| newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref> Boxoffice.com stated that it "is a classic of the American cinema&nbsp;– to this day the quintessential depiction of ruthless ambition in the entertainment industry, with legendary performances from Bette Davis, Anne Baxter and George Sanders anchoring one of the very best films from one of Hollywood's very best Golden Era filmmakers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz."<ref>[http://www.boxoffice.com/boxoffice_scr/boxoffice_dvd_result.asp?terms=12 Boxoffice.com]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

As of 2021 [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''All About Eve'' holds an approval rating of 99% based on 107 reviews, with an average rating of 9.30/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Smart, sophisticated, and devastatingly funny, ''All About Eve'' is a Hollywood classic that only improves with age."<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000626_all_about_eve| title=All About Eve (1950)| website=Rotten Tomatoes| access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> In 2019 [[Metacritic]] assigned a weighted average score of 98 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/all-about-eve |title=All About Eve Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref>

===Thematic content===
[[File:Gary Merrill in All About Eve trailer.jpg|thumb|right|237px|[[Gary Merrill]] as Bill Sampson]]

Critics and academics have delineated various themes in the film. Rebecca Flint Marx, in her ''[[Allmovie]]'' review, notes the antagonism that existed between Broadway and Hollywood at the time, stating that the "script summoned into existence a whole array of painfully recognizable theatre types, from the aging, egomaniacal grand dame to the outwardly docile, inwardly scheming ingenue to the powerful critic who reeks of malignant charm."<ref>Marx, Rebecca Flint. [http://www.allmovie.com/work/all-about-eve-1546/review ''All About Eve'' review] on ''[[AllMovie]]''. Retrieved August 8, 2009.</ref> Abel Green, writing in ''Variety'' said, "The snide references to picture people, the plug for San Francisco ("an oasis of civilization in the California desert") and the like are purposeful and manifest an intelligent reflex from a group of hyper-talented people towards the picture business."<ref name=Variety/>

[[Roger Ebert]], in his review in ''[[The Great Movies]]'', says Eve Harrington is "a universal type", and focuses on the aging actress plot line, comparing the film to ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]].''<ref name=Great>Ebert, Roger. [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000611/REVIEWS08/6110301/1023 "All About Eve (1950)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709051542/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20000611%2FREVIEWS08%2F6110301%2F1023 |date=July 9, 2007}}, "Great Movies by Roger Ebert" on [[RogerEbert.com]], November 6, 2000.</ref> Similarly, Marc Lee's 2006 review of the film for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' describes a subtext "into the darker corners of show business, exposing its inherent ageism, especially when it comes to female stars."<ref>Lee, Marc (July 7, 2006). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/3653627/Must-have-movies-All-About-Eve-1950.html "Must-have movies: All About Eve (1950)"]. ''The Daily Telegraph''. (London). Retrieved August 8, 2009.</ref> [[Kathleen Woodward]]'s 1999 book, ''Figuring Age: Women, Bodies, Generations (Theories of Contemporary Culture)'', also discusses themes that appeared in many of the "aging actress" films of the 1950s and 1960s, including ''All About Eve.'' She reasons that Margo has three options: "To continue to work, she can perform the role of a young woman, one she no longer seems that interested in. She can take up the position of the angry bitch, the drama queen who holds court (the deliberate [[Notes on "Camp"|camp]] that [[Susan Sontag]] finds in this film). Or she can accept her culture's gendered discourse of aging which figures her as in her moment of fading. Margo ultimately chooses the latter option, accepting her position as one of loss."<ref>{{cite book| editor-last=Woodward| editor-first=Kathleen M.| title=Figuring Age: Women, Bodies, Generations| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZqUIsprChYC&q=margo| publisher=Indiana University Press| year=1999| pages=242–243| isbn=978-0-2532-1236-8}}</ref>

[[File:George Sanders in All About Eve trailer.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[George Sanders]] as Addison DeWitt]]

''All About Eve'' has long been a favored film among gay audiences, likely due to its [[campy]] overtones (in part due to the casting of Davis) and its general sophistication. Davis, who long had a strong gay fan base, expressed support for gay men in her 1972 interview with ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]''.<ref name=TimesOnline>Burston, Paul (November 22, 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080706161156/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2915384.ece "She's better, she's Bette"]. ''[[The Times]]'' (London).</ref><ref name=Camp>Cleto, Fabio (1999). [https://books.google.com/books?id=4QKtjdIa7AwC ''Camp: Queer Aesthetics and the Performing Subject'']. University of Michigan Press. {{ISBN|978-0-7486-1171-3}}, {{OCLC|928236270}}</ref><ref name=DarkVictory>{{cite book| last=Sikov| first=Ed| title=Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis| url=https://archive.org/details/darkvictorylifeo00edsi/page/406/mode/2up?q=advocate| location=New York| publisher=Macmillan| date=September 30, 2008| page=406| isbn=978-0-8050-8863-2}}</ref>

==Accolades==
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! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
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| rowspan="14"| [[23rd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Motion Picture]]
| [[20th Century Studios|20th Century-Fox]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="14"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1951 |title=The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093818/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/23rd-winners.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Anne Baxter]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Bette Davis]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[George Sanders]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Celeste Holm]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Thelma Ritter]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction – Black-and-White]]
| Art Direction: [[Lyle R. Wheeler]] and [[George Davis (art director)|George Davis]]; <br> Set Decoration: [[Thomas Little]] and [[Walter M. Scott]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography – Black-and-White]]
| [[Milton Krasner|Milton R. Krasner]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design – Black and White]]
| [[Edith Head]] and [[Charles LeMaire]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Barbara McLean]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture]]
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Recording]]
| [[Thomas T. Moulton]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Bodil Awards]]
| [[Bodil Award for Best American Film|Best American Film]]
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bodilprisen.dk/aar-for-aar/1952-2/ |title=The Bodil Prize 1952 |publisher=[[Bodil Awards]] |access-date=November 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[4th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film from any Source]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1951/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1951 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=November 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Cahiers du Cinéma]]
| [[Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists|Best Film]]
| rowspan="3"| Joseph L. Mankiewicz
| {{draw|5th Place}}
| align="center"|
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1951 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]]
| [[Palme d'Or|Grand Prix]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"|
|-
| [[Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)|Special Jury Prize]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actress]]
| Bette Davis
| {{won}}
|-
| [[3rd Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1950s/1950.aspx?value=1950 |title=3rd Annual DGA Awards |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=November 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dorian Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Timeless Award
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://galeca.org/past-winners/ |title=Past Winners |publisher=[[Dorian Awards]] |access-date=November 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[8th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="6"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/all-about-eve/ |title=All About Eve |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=November 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Bette Davis
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| George Sanders
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| Thelma Ritter
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| rowspan="3"| Joseph L. Mankiewicz
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Kinema Junpo|Kinema Junpo Awards]]
| Best Foreign Language Film
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[Nastro d'Argento]]
| Best Foreign Actress
| Bette Davis
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1950|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1950/ |title=1950 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=November 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/ |title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=December 16, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1950 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"|
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Bette Davis
| {{won}}
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Film Hall of Fame: Productions
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame Inductees: Productions |publisher=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=August 15, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Picturegoer|Picturegoer Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| Best Actress
| Anne Baxter
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"|
|-
| Bette Davis
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[8th Golden Laurel Awards|Producers Guild of America Awards]]
| colspan="2"| PGA Hall of Fame – Motion Pictures
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[3rd Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy|Best Written American Comedy]]
| rowspan="2"| Joseph L. Mankiewicz
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama|Best Written American Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===Later recognition and rankings===
In 1990, ''All About Eve'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."<ref name=LOC>[https://www.loc.gov/film/registry_titles.php "National Film Registry"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328133050/http://www.loc.gov/film/registry_titles.php |date=March 28, 2013 }}. ''[[Library of Congress]]''. Retrieved October 28, 2011.</ref> The [[Academy Film Archive]] preserved ''All About Eve'' in 2000.<ref>{{cite web| title=Preserved Projects| url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=All+About+Eve&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All| website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref> The film received in 1997 a placement on the [[Producers Guild of America]] Hall of Fame. The film has been selected by the [[American Film Institute]] for many of their [[AFI 100 Years... series|100 Years]] lists.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Nominee
! Rank
|-
| 1998
| [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]]
| ''All About Eve''
| style="text-align:center;"|16
|-
| 2003
| [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains]]
| Eve Harrington (Villain)
| style="text-align:center;"|23
|-
| 2005
| [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes]]
| "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
| 2007
| [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]]
| ''All About Eve''
| style="text-align:center;"|28
|}

When [[American Film Institute|AFI]] named Bette Davis #2 on its list of the [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars|greatest female American screen legends]], ''All About Eve'' was the film selected to highlight Davis' legendary career.  The [[Writers Guild of America, West|Writers Guild of America]] has ranked the film's screenplay as the fifth greatest ever written.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays/list |title=101 Greatest Screenplays |publisher=Writers Guild of America, West |access-date=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

===Sarah Siddons Award===
The film opens with the presentation of the fictional [[Sarah Siddons Award]] for Distinguished Achievement, described by the character Addison DeWitt as "the highest honor our theater knows." The statuette is modeled after [[Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse|''Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse'']], an 18th-century painting by [[Joshua Reynolds]]. A reproduction of the painting is seen in the entrance of Margo Channing's apartment and is prominently featured during the party scene. In 1952, inspired by the film, a group of Chicago theater patrons founded the Sarah Siddons Society and began awarding a real-life version of the Sarah Siddons Award, designed to resemble the fictional trophy depicted in the film. The first award was presented to [[Helen Hayes]] in 1953, and subsequent recipients have included [[Bette Davis]], [[Celeste Holm]], [[Lauren Bacall]], and [[Angela Lansbury]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Jay |date=2020-04-07 |title=ALL ABOUT EVE, 1950, Bette Davis, Celeste Holm, Ann Baxter, George Sanders, Thelma Ritter |url=https://www.jaysclassicmovieblog.com/post/all-about-eve |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=JaysClassicMovieBlog |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Celeste Holm Collection |url=https://www.doyle.com/story/the-celeste-holm-collection/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=www.doyle.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brookins |first=Laurie |date=2020-07-05 |title=Spot the Sarah Siddons Easter Eggs in "All About Eve" |url=https://www.screenchic.com/post/spot-the-sarah-siddons-easter-eggs-in-all-about-eve |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Screen Chic |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarah Siddons Society Records |url=https://www.chipublib.org/fa-sarah-siddons-society-records/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=www.chipublib.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/26204 |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chicago |first=Classic |date=2018-11-04 |title=Chicago's Nov. 12 Sarah Siddons Award {{!}} Classic Chicago Magazine |url=https://classicchicagomagazine.com/all-about-the-sarah-siddons-award/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=classicchicagomagazine.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Adaptations==
The first radio adaptation was a one-hour broadcast on ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' on [[CBS Radio]] on October 1, 1951, with Bette Davis, Gary Merrill and Anne Baxter reprising their original roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genericradio.com/show.php?id=MTA5OTI2NTI4Mw6|title=Generic Radio Workshop OTR Script: Lux Radio Theater|work=genericradio.com|access-date=April 20, 2016}}</ref> ''Lux Radio Theatre'' did a follow-up adaptation on November 23, 1954, this time on [[NBC Radio Network|NBC]] radio with [[Ann Blyth]] and [[Claire Trevor]] playing the lead roles, with Trevor replacing [[Ida Lupino]] when she became ill and was unable to attend the broadcast.<ref name="Toledo">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2ggwAAAAIBAJ&pg=2376%2C3772846&q=Ann+Blythe+Ida+Lupino+All+About+Eve |title=Radio Highlights |page=4 (Peach Section) |newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|Toledo Blade]]| date=1954-11-23 |access-date=2021-05-16}}</ref>

A radio version of ''All About Eve'' starring [[Tallulah Bankhead]] as Margo Channing was presented on [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Big Show (NBC Radio)|The Big Show]]'' by the [[Theatre Guild|Theatre Guild of the Air]] on November 16, 1952. Bankhead and many contemporary critics felt that the characterization of Margo Channing was patterned on her, a long-rumored charge denied by both Mankiewicz and Davis,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/190997 |title=All About Eve: Trivia |website=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=April 20, 2016}}</ref> but attested by costume designer [[Edith Head]].<ref name="staggs" /> Additionally, Bankhead's rivalry with her understudy ([[Lizabeth Scott]]) during the production of ''[[The Skin of Our Teeth]]''<ref>Mary Orr, "The Wisdom of Eve," ''Cosmopolitan'', May 1946, pp. 72–75, 191–95</ref> is cited as an alternative hypothesis for the origin of [[Mary Orr]]'s ''The Wisdom of Eve,'' the original short story that formed the basis for the film.<ref>{{cite book| first=Bruce| last=Kirle| publisher=Southern Illinois University Press| location=Carbondale| edition=1st| date=October 24, 2005| title=Unfinished Show Business: Broadway Musicals as Works-in-process| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2JYpb-lXtG0C&q=all+about+eve| pages=191–194| isbn=978-0-8093-2667-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| first=Dorothy| last=Kilgallen| date=June 24, 1943| title=The Voice Of Broadway: The $64 Questions| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100392615/times-herald/| newspaper=[[Olean Times Herald]]| page=13| access-date=April 24, 2022}}</ref> Bette Davis played three roles on film that Tallulah Bankhead had originated{{snd}}''[[Dark Victory]]'', ''[[Jezebel (1938 film)|Jezebel]]'' and ''[[The Little Foxes]]'', much to Bankhead's chagrin. Bankhead and Davis were considered to be somewhat similar in style.<ref name="finger">Source: liner notes, ''All About Eve'', Moving Finger LP MF002</ref> Several decades later Davis called Channing "the essence of a Tallulah Bankhead kind of actress" in an interview with [[Barbara Walters]].<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqb3boYrOIQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Tqb3boYrOIQ |archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live |title=Bette Davis Interview by Barbara Walters Pt1 |date=June 1, 2008 |access-date=April 20, 2016 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The production is notable in that Mary Orr, of ''The Wisdom of Eve,'' played the role of Karen Richards. The cast also featured Alan Hewitt as Addison DeWitt (who narrated), [[Beatrice Pearson]] as Eve Harrington, Don Briggs as Lloyd Richards, [[Kevin McCarthy (actor)|Kevin McCarthy]] as Bill Samson, Florence Robinson as Birdie Coonan, and Stefan Schnabel as Max Fabian.<ref name="finger"/>

In 1970, ''All About Eve'' was the inspiration for the [[musical theatre|stage musical]] ''[[Applause (musical)|Applause]],'' with book by [[Betty Comden]] and [[Adolph Green]], lyrics by [[Lee Adams]], and music by [[Charles Strouse]]. The original production starred [[Lauren Bacall]] as Margo Channing, and it won the [[Tony Award]] for [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]] that season. It ran for four previews and 896 performances at the [[Palace Theatre (Broadway)|Palace Theatre]] on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. After Bacall left the production, she was replaced by Anne Baxter in the role of Margo Channing.

In 2019, a stage adaptation of ''All About Eve'' premiered at the [[Noël Coward Theatre]] in London, directed by [[Ivo van Hove]] and starring [[Gillian Anderson]] as Margo Channing, [[Julian Ovenden]] as Bill, and [[Lily James]] as Eve Harrington.<ref>{{cite news| title=All About Eve in London to star Gillian Anderson and Lily James: details confirmed| url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/all-about-eve-in-london-to-star-gillian-anderson-and-lily-james-details-confirmed| date=September 21, 2018| work=LondonTheatre.co.uk| access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
* The plot of the film has been used numerous times, frequently as an outright homage to the film, with one notable example being a 1974 episode of ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' titled "A New Sue Ann". In the episode, the character of [[Sue Ann Nivens]] ([[Betty White]]), hostess of a popular local cooking show, hires a young, pretty and very eager fan ([[Linda Kelsey]]) as her apprentice and assistant, but the neophyte quickly begins to sabotage her mentor, in an attempt to replace her as host of the show. Sue Ann, however, unlike Margo Channing, prevails in the end, countering the young woman's attempts to steal her success and sending her on her way.<ref>[http://www.starpulse.com/movie/The_Mary_Tyler_Moore_Show%3A_A_New_Sue_Ann/V269407/0/2/ "A New Sue Ann"] Starpulse.com{{dead link|date=April 2022}}</ref>
* Brazilian telenovela ''[[Celebridade (telenovela)|Celebridade]]'' was loosely based on ''All About Eve'' plot; it features [[Malu Mader]] as the successful businesswoman and former model Maria Clara Diniz, who hires Laura Prudente da Costa ([[Cláudia Abreu]]) for a job in her company after she saves her life and claims to be her greatest fan — but she is, in fact, an imposter who wants not only to take everything from the other woman, but to become a new Maria Clara.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq2704200404.htm|title=Autor assume influência em 'Celebridade'|trans-title=Author admits ''Celebridade''{{'}}s influence|language=Portuguese|first=Daniel|last=Castro|work=[[Folha de S. Paulo]]|date=April 27, 2004|accessdate=October 1, 2023}}</ref>
* The English rock band [[All About Eve (band)|All About Eve]] took their name from the film.<ref name="The Great Rock Bible">{{cite web| url=http://thegreatrockbible.com/portfolio-item/eve-biography/| title=All About Eve biography| website=The Great Rock Bible| first=Martin C.| last=Strong| access-date=July 24, 2015| archive-date=July 25, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725021006/http://thegreatrockbible.com/portfolio-item/eve-biography/| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s 2012 film ''[[Magic Mike]]'' is a loose re-working of the ''All About Eve'' plot and includes subtle references in homage to the original. The lead actor [[Channing Tatum]] name checks [[Bette Davis]]'s character Margo Channing, and instead of Eve, the ambitious young upstart is named Adam, played by [[Alex Pettyfer]]. Like Eve, Adam gets his stage debut filling in for an absent star, and his subsequent ruthless rise to glory at the expense of others mirrors that of Eve.<ref>[https://m.imdb.com/review/rw8360116/ IMDB review] by [[John Roman Baker]].</ref>
* A 2008 episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' titled "[[All About Lisa]]" is influenced by this film. In the episode, [[Lisa Simpson]] becomes [[Krusty the Clown]]'s assistant, eventually taking his place on television and receiving an entertainment award.<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=100521&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=7723638 "The Simpsons on Fox"]. ''[[TV Guide]]''. Retrieved April 18, 2009.</ref>
* [[Pedro Almodóvar]]'s 1999 [[Academy Award]]-winning [[Spanish-language]] film ''[[Todo sobre mi madre]]'' (''[[All About My Mother]]'') has elements similar to those found in ''All About Eve''. The title of the film itself is an homage to the 1950 film.
* In the fifth season of ''[[The L Word]]'', a fan becomes [[Jenny Schecter]]'s assistant while she is directing a movie; later the fan blackmails the movie studio into letting her direct and she proceeds to take over Jenny's life.
* In the second season of ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'', [[Kurt Hummel]] calls his fellow glee club member [[Santana Lopez]] "a Latina Eve Harrington", after learning she is blackmailing a closeted jock into becoming her "beard" and running mate for Prom Queen and King.
* In the first season of ''[[Will & Grace]]'', [[Grace Adler|Grace]] becomes dependent on a maid to give her a confidence boost during a design competition. This prompts her drunken assistant [[Karen Walker (Will & Grace)|Karen]] to suspect a plot and she confronts the maid, exclaiming "I've seen ''All About Eve''. Poooor Eve!"
* In the pilot episode of ''[[Political Animals (miniseries)|Political Animals]]'', when Susan suspects Georgia, a fellow reporter, has a crush on her boyfriend and is attempting to outshine her at the newspaper, she says, "If Eve Harrington were an actual person today, she would look like Georgia. She would bake cupcakes, and she would have a blog."
* In the third season of ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'', the episode "All About Eva" concerns the character of Eva Grubb coming on the island and taking over [[Ginger Grant|Ginger]]'s persona, with both roles played by actress [[Tina Louise]].
* In the fifth season of ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'', the plot of the episode "Goodbye Norma Jean" mirrors that of ''All About Eve''. In it, Sam Beckett leaps into [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s chauffeur and finds himself pitted against an aspiring actress who is trying to steal Monroe's part for the film ''[[The Misfits (1961 film)|The Misfits]]''. Sam succeeds in stopping Monroe's rival, and she rightfully takes her place as [[Clark Gable]]'s leading lady.<ref>{{cite book |last1=De Vito |first1=John |last2=Tropea |first2=Frank |year=2007 |title=The Immortal Marilyn |url=https://archive.org/details/immortalmarilynd00devi |url-access=registration |location=Lanham, Maryland |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/immortalmarilynd00devi/page/45 45] |isbn=978-0-8108-5866-4 |oclc=70061082 |access-date=March 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/quantum-leap/goodbye-norma-jean-60571 |title=Quantum Leap Season 5 Episode 18 Goodbye Norma Jean |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=TV Guide |access-date=March 6, 2015 |archive-date=March 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317170706/http://www.tv.com/shows/quantum-leap/goodbye-norma-jean-60571/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* In [[Alex Holdridge]]'s 2007 film ''[[In Search of a Midnight Kiss]]'', Vivian, an amateur actress played by Sara Simmonds, says to Wilson, played by [[Scoot McNairy]]: "I just don't think people out here have the raw ambition that I do." And he replies: "You are a real ''All About Eve''."
* ''[[All About Steve]]'' is a 2009 American comedy film.
* A season 6 episode of ''[[Designing Women]]'' titled, "All About Odes to Atlanta", sees Carlene, Mary Jo, and Julia entering a song contest and drawing the attention of a young "fan" who seems all too eager to help them, much to Allison's distrust.
* The [[Family Guy season 20|season 20]] episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'' titled, "[[Family Guy season 20#ep386|All About Alana]]", is a homage to the film and sees [[Lois Griffin]] allowing one of her piano students Alana Fitzgerald to move in with the family, who begins slowly taking over Lois' life.
* The storyline was partially adapted in 2023 and 2024 by [[All Elite Wrestling]], in which [[Mariah May]] was first portrayed as a super-fan, and later, protegé of [["Timeless" Toni Storm]] – who was herself portraying [[Gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]] based on [[Sunset Boulevard (film)|''Sunset Boulevard'']] – before May's transition to a more [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villainous character]] whose plan all along was to supplant Storm.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-17 |title=Tony Khan Details the Rise of Mariah May in AEW |url=https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/aew/tony-khan-details-the-rise-of-mariah-may-in-aew |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Wrestling On Fannation |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of cult films]]

==References==
'''Notes'''
{{Reflist|group=notes}}

'''Citations'''
{{Reflist}}

'''Further reading'''
* Mankiewicz, Joseph L. (October 16, 1972) [https://books.google.com/books?id=1OYCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37 "All About the Women in 'All About Eve'"]. ''New York Magazine''. pp.&nbsp;37–42

==External links==
{{Commons category|All About Eve (film)|All About Eve}}
{{wikiquote|All About Eve}}
* {{AFI film|26204}}
* {{IMDb title|0042192|All About Eve}}
* {{TCMDb title|67044|All About Eve}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|1000626-all_about_eve|All About Eve}}
* [http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/All-About-Eve.html ''All About Eve'' script] from Internet Movie Script Database
* ''[http://www.filmsite.org/alla.html All About Eve]'' on [[Filmsite.org]]
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/film.php?filmid=1753 Literature on All About Eve]
* [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6702-all-about-eve-upstage-downstage "All About Eve: Upstage, Downstage"] an essay by [[Terrence Rafferty]] at the [[Criterion Collection]]
* "All About Eve" essay by Daniel Eagan in [https://books.google.com/books?id=deq3xI8OmCkC ''America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry''], London: Continuum 2010 {{ISBN|978-0826418494}}, {{OCLC|277068941}}, pp.&nbsp;440–41

'''Streaming audio'''
* [https://archive.org/download/Lux16/Lux_51-10-01_All_About_Eve.mp3 ''All About Eve''] on [[Lux Radio Theater]]: October 1, 1951
* [https://archive.org/download/TheaterGuildontheAir/Tgoa_52-11-16_ep127-All_About_Eve.mp3 ''All About Eve''] on [[Theater Guild on the Air]]: November 16, 1952

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[[Category:Films that won the Best Sound Mixing Academy Award]]
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[[Category:Films scored by Alfred Newman]]
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[[Category:1950s American films]]