Film Review: All About Eve

 

This is one of my favourite films and as I have watched it again recently I thought I'd use it as one of my personal reviews. The film, made in 1950 stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a popular and respected actress on Broadway but is worried that at 40 her career success will soon change. We see in a flash back that she soon meets and befriends a young fan, Eve Harrington, and after much praise and flattery, makes Eve her new assistant. As the film goes on it becomes clear that behind Margo's back Eve is plotting to become her understudy and to remove Margo altogether from the play she is about to star in by creating problems between Margo and her friends. After trying to blackmail her way into the role Eve is given it when Margo decides she doesn't want to appear in the play and announces her upcoming marriage instead. Flashing back to the present, Eve is the newest star on Broadway and receiving an award in front of Margo and her friends. But as Eve returns home she finds her own flattering young fan waiting.
The film shows the jealousy, betrayal and ambition in the industry in a funny and entertaining plot with stylish and classy characters.