![]() ![]() Bill, for his part, genuinely couldn't care less and wishes Margo would stop worrying about it. There's also the unspoken but obvious Double Standard that if Bill was forty and she was thirty-two, no one would give it a second thought. As such, her age is a major sore spot for her. ![]() Part of it is due to the fact that, as an actress, Margo doesn't feel she's allowed to be older at forty she's already considered to be over the hill, and has to keep playing younger roles that she knows aren't really suited to her anymore. Karen points out this isn't that big of a difference, but to Margo, it is a huge difference, and she's insecure he might leave her for someone younger. so long as you don't get in their way, or don't have some weakness they can exploit. Affably Evil: Addison and Eve are both very charming, likable people. ![]() Adaptation Title Change: The film is an adaptation of the short story "The Wisdom of Eve".Karen and Lloyd Roberts were renamed Karen and Lloyd Richards, Margola Cranston was renamed Margo Channing, and some of the characters flat out didn't appear at all. Adaptational Name Change: Pretty much all the major characters other than Eve Harrington got different names in one way or another.The Hays Code wouldn't permit that, so we have Eve being exposed for her lies by Addison, blackmailed into obeying his every whim and the end implying she'll experience the same thing with her Loony Fan Phoebe. Adaptational Karma: In the short story, Eve succeeds in her plans.Adam and/or Eve: The movie is about a specific woman, but also about many female characters who are trying to negotiate their identity as women in the modern world.This is still the record for nominations, tied with Titanic (1997) and La La Land.Ī Broadway musical adaptation starring Lauren Bacall, Applause, was produced in 1970. Marilyn Monroe appears in a small early role.Īll About Eve was nominated for fourteen Academy Awards (including a whopping four nominations just for the actresses) and won six, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (George Sanders), Best Costume Design for a Black-and-White film (Edith Head and Charles Le Maire), and Best Sound Recording. The costumes were by famed Hollywood designer Edith Head and the film score was by Alfred Newman (not that Alfred Newman!). Other important characters include Addison DeWitt ( George Sanders), a jaded, cynical, and frighteningly influential drama critic Bill Samspon (Gary Merrill), Margo's director boyfriend Lloyd Richards (Hugh Marlowe), Margo's playwright Karen ( Celeste Holm), Lloyd's wife and Margo's closest friend and confidant and Birdie Coonan ( Thelma Ritter), a former vaudeville actress employed as Margo's personal assistant. It recounts the tale of Margo Channing ( Bette Davis), a seasoned veteran of the stage and the darling of Broadway, taking under her wing Eve Harrington ( Anne Baxter), a young acolyte with nowhere else to go, whose motives are not what they seem. It is based on the 1946 short story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr. Mankiewicz and released by 20th Century Fox. All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film, written and directed by Joseph L. ![]()
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