From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo’s Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo’s director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

Bosley Crowther, The New York Times
“A smart, incisive and consistently entertaining comedy-drama… as sleek and polished as its dialogue is barbed.”

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
“One of the great American films, sharp-tongued and deliciously malicious, with dialogue that cuts like glass.”

Pauline Kael, The New Yorker
“A bitchy, elegant, and wonderfully articulate film—its intelligence and wit are still exhilarating.”

All About Eve won 6 Academy Awards 

• Best Picture

• Best Director – Joseph L. Mankiewicz

• Best Screenplay (Story & Screenplay) – Joseph L. Mankiewicz

• Best Supporting Actor – George Sanders

• Best Costume Design (Black-and-White) – Edith Head & Charles LeMaire

• Best Sound Recording

Nominations (14 total — a record at the time):

• Best Actress – Bette Davis

• Best Actress – Anne Baxter

• Best Supporting Actress – Celeste Holm

• Best Supporting Actress – Thelma Ritter

• Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

• Best Film Editing

• Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

• Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture