In Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s devastatingly witty Hollywood classic, backstage is where the real drama plays out. One night, Margo Channing (Bette Davis) entertains a surprise dressing-room visitor: her most adoring fan, the shy, wide-eyed Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter). But as Eve becomes a fixture in Margo’s life, the Broadway legend soon realizes that her supposed admirer intends to use her and everyone in her circle, including George Sanders’s acid-tongued critic, as stepping-stones to stardom. Featuring stiletto-sharp dialogue and direction by Mankiewicz, and an unforgettable Davis in the role that revived her career and came to define it, the multiple-Oscar-winning All About Eve is the most deliciously entertaining film ever made about the ruthlessness of show business.

Nominated for a record-breaking (still held) 14 Academy Awards, and winner of 6: 

(Won) Best Picture: 20th Century Fox

Best Actress: Anne Baxter

Best Actress: Bette Davis

(Won) Best Supporting Actor: George Sanders

Best Supporting Actress: Celeste Holm

Best Supporting Actress: Thelma Ritter

(Won) Best Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

(Won) Best Adapted Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Best Cinematography (Black and White): Milton R. Krasner

Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Alfred Newman

Best Film Editing: Barbara McLean

Best Art Direction (Black and White): Lyle Wheeler & George W. Davis (Art Direction) and Thomas Little & Walter M. Scott (Set Decoration)

(Won) Best Costume Design (Black and White): Edith Head & Charles LeMaire

(Won) Best Sound Recording: Thomas T. Moulton

Written and Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Based on the short story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr

Cinematography by Milton Krasner

Music by Alfred Newman

Orchestration by Edward Powell

Edited by Barbara McLean

Art Direction by Lyle Wheeler & George W. Davis

Set Decoration by Thomas Little & Walter M. Scott

Wardrobe Direction: Charles LeMaire

Costumes for Miss Bette Davis by Edith Head

Makeup by Ben Nye

Sound by W.D. Flick & Roger Heman

Sound Editing by Thomas T. Moulton

Starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, Gregory Ratoff, Thelma Ritter, Marilyn Monroe, Barbara Bates and Walter Hampden