# All About Eve (1950)

> Aging Broadway grandeur collides with calculated ambition when a seemingly devoted admirer targets a star's career, relationships, and place in the spotlight.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/579

## Facts

- Runtime: 139 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, Thelma Ritter, Gregory Ratoff
- TMDB rating: 8.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042192/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Mood: witty, sardonic, sophisticated, classic movie night, film study

## Synopsis

A tale of ambition and betrayal unfolds in the cutthroat world of Broadway.

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- [Stage Door (1937)](https://ember.film/movie/28682)
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- [Baby Face (1933)](https://ember.film/movie/16534)
- [The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)](https://ember.film/movie/20388)
- [A Star Is Born (1937)](https://ember.film/movie/13540)
- [Opening Night (1977)](https://ember.film/movie/21081)
- [In This Our Life (1942)](https://ember.film/movie/28375)

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