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All About Eve is a movie written and directed in 1950 by Joseph L. Mankiewicz from a story by Mary Orr . Anne Baxter plays scheming young starlet Eve Harrington, who is determined to succeed at all costs. She does so without consideration to others, including her idol Margo Channing, an aging theatre star played by Bette Davis. Marilyn Monroe is effective in a small part as a dumb blonde.

This film was the big winner of Academy Awards in 1951, winning six Oscars:

• Academy Award for Best Picture: Darryl F. Zanuck, Producer
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: George Sanders
• Academy Award for Costume Design, black and white: Edith Head and Charles Le Maire
• Best DirectorThe Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. As is the customary practice in Wi: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• Best Writing, ScreenplayThe Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. Before 1940 there was an Academy Award for Best Story for writing. For 1940 it and the award in this article were sepa: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• Best Sound RecordingThis is a list of films that have received an Oscar for best sound. 1930s 1930 The Big House Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio 1931 Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department 1932 Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department 1933 A Farewell to Arms Fr

It received a further eight nominations:

• Academy Award for Best ActressThe Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen: Anne Baxter and Bette Davis
• Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressThe Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners: Celeste HolmCeleste Holm (born April 29, 1917) is an American stage, movie, and television actress. She is perhaps best remembered for her Oscar-winning role in Gentleman's Agreement ( 1947), as well as for her Oscar-nominated performance in All About Eve ( 1950). and Thelma RitterThelma Ritter ( February 14, 1905 February 4, 1969) was an American character actress of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her many film roles include: How the West Was Won ( 1962) Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) The Misfits ( 196
• Best set direction, black and white: George W. Davis , Thomas Little , Walter M. Scott , and Lyle R. Wheeler
• Academy Award for Best CinematographyThe Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his or her work in one particular motion picture. 1920s 1928 Sunrise 1929 White Shadows in the South Seas 1930s 1930 With Byrd at the South Pole 1931 Tabu: A Story of, black-and-white: Milton R. Krassner
• Best film editing: Barbara McLean
• Best music scoring: Alfred Newman

The film also won many awards including, in 1997, placement on the Producers' Guild Hall of Fame, and has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.