The Essentials: All About Eve (1950)
An ingenue insinuates herself into the lives of an established but aging stage
actress and her circle of theater friends.
(PG, 138 min.)
Showtimes
Sunday, May 26, 2019
3:30 PM
Monday, May 27, 2019
6:00 PM
The Essentials: Bette Davis
This quarterly series showcases the “essential” films everyone should see on the big screen. For each month-long program, we’ll screen five films organized by one of the following themes: directors, actors, genres, and eras/movements.
Essential tickets are $9 for Adults, $8 for Students/Seniors and Members get in Free
Summary: An ingenue insinuates herself into the lives of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends.
Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Genre: Drama
"It crackles with smart, smarting dialogue."
— TIME Staff, TIME Magazine
"About Eve ranks among the smartest comedy-dramas in many, many years."
— Bob Thomas, Associated Press
"[Bette Davis'] veteran actress Margo Channing in "All About Eve" (1950) was her greatest role."
— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"[Features] more quotable dialogue in one movie than most screenwriters manage in a lifetime."
— Trevor Johnston, Time Out
"A motion picture that, because of its priceless dialogue and unforgettable lead performance, will never lose its luster."
— James Berardinelli, ReelViews
"All About Eve is not only a brilliant and clever portrait of an actress, it is a downright funny film, from its opening scene to the final fadeout."
— Kate Cameron, New York Daily News
"Joseph Mankiewicz was Hollywood's midcentury master of comic drama, and All About Eve, from 1950, was one of his signal achievements."
— Richard Brody, New Yorker
"A fine Darryl Zanuck production, excellent music and an air of ultra-class complete this superior satire. The legitimate theatre had better look to its laurels."
— Bosley Crowther, New York Times
"Joseph L Mankiewicz's film dissects the narcissism and hypocrisy of the spotlight as sharply as [Billy Wilder's Sunset Blvd], but pays equal attention to the challenges of enacting womanhood."
— Ben Walters, Time Out
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