Every truly great film has to start with a great story, and "All About Eve" is no exception. The 1950 film follows the feud between a veteran actress and the titular protege who tries to steal her career — and succeeds in nearly every way that matters. The premise was lifted from a short story written by Mary Orr, "The Wisdom of Eve," which was published in Cosmopolitan in 1946. That too was a juicy story, filled with twists, turns, and no shortage of acerbic wit. And it essentially sells itself, especially for an adaptation on film.
In the late '40s, the story was making the rounds with every major studio in Hollywood — catching the eye of future "All About Eve" director Joseph L. Mankiewicz — but it took three long years to drum up genuine interest in adapting it. It may sound ridiculous now, but "The Wisdom of Eve" was virtually radioactive in its original form,...
In the late '40s, the story was making the rounds with every major studio in Hollywood — catching the eye of future "All About Eve" director Joseph L. Mankiewicz — but it took three long years to drum up genuine interest in adapting it. It may sound ridiculous now, but "The Wisdom of Eve" was virtually radioactive in its original form,...
- 9/19/2022
- by Lyvie Scott
- Slash Film
Sonia Friedman Productions and Fox Stage Productions have today announced a live cinema broadcast for All About Eve. The world premiere of Ivo van Hove's highly anticipated stage adaptation of the 1950 Twentieth Century Fox film and the play 'The Wisdom of Eve' by Mary Orr will be broadcast on 11th April 2019 by Nt Live. Nt Live screens to 2,500 venues across 65 countries including 700 cinemas in the UK.
- 1/23/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Transferring films to Broadway has become routine, and the same is true for popular plays and musicals that were originally set on Broadway and made their way to the silver screen. Recent screen-to-stage transfers include “Waitress,” starring Jessie Mueller, “American Psycho,” “Finding Neverland,” and “School of Rock;” all of which are currently playing the Great White Way (“American Psycho” is still in previews). Just last week NBC announced it will be staging a live television production of the 1992, hit Aaron Sorkin film “A Few Good Men”; a Broadway adaptation may not be too far off. The following 12 productions are just a handful of many notable Broadway productions based on feature films. “Applause”Lauren Bacall stepped in the shoes of aging actor Margo Channing in the Broadway musical adaptation of “All About Eve” in 1970. Similar to the 1950 film, “Applause” is also based on Mary Orr’s short story, “The Wisdom of Eve.
- 4/6/2016
- backstage.com
Elizabeth Hartman and Sidney Poitier in A Patch of Blue (1965)
Look, I can't help it: The Oscars rule. I care about them. I refuse to stop thinking about them. And if you read snicks' recent Oscar snubs piece, you'd refuse too. If you love entertainment, glamor, and winning, you simply have to love the Oscars. And Project Runway. But hey, back to the Oscars! Even the biggest Oscarphiles can stand to know more about the precious gold statuette, and I'm willing to bet most of you don't know about these five nominees, actresses who've faded from public consciousness. Let's revisit the weird and wild catacombs of the Academy's most fascinating forgotten ladies, shall we?
Eva Le Gallienne: Respected Actress, Kickass Lesbian
Before Gloria Stuart hurled an ugly diamond into the Atlantic in Titanic, Eva Le Gaillienne was the oldest woman nominated for an Oscar at age 80 for Resurrection, a...
Look, I can't help it: The Oscars rule. I care about them. I refuse to stop thinking about them. And if you read snicks' recent Oscar snubs piece, you'd refuse too. If you love entertainment, glamor, and winning, you simply have to love the Oscars. And Project Runway. But hey, back to the Oscars! Even the biggest Oscarphiles can stand to know more about the precious gold statuette, and I'm willing to bet most of you don't know about these five nominees, actresses who've faded from public consciousness. Let's revisit the weird and wild catacombs of the Academy's most fascinating forgotten ladies, shall we?
Eva Le Gallienne: Respected Actress, Kickass Lesbian
Before Gloria Stuart hurled an ugly diamond into the Atlantic in Titanic, Eva Le Gaillienne was the oldest woman nominated for an Oscar at age 80 for Resurrection, a...
- 2/9/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Bette Davis is one of my favourite actresses of all time, and with good reason. She could play a variety of difficult and powerful roles, though her greatest successes came from her willingness to play unsympathetic characters. She set a new standard for women on film, won two Academy Awards and is often referred to as “The First Lady of the American Screen”. She didn’t win an Oscar for her performance in All About Eve, but she should have. Released in 1950, and written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the film was based on the 1946 short story The Wisdom of Eve, by Mary Orr and featured Davis in the lead role as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star. The film was praised by critics at the time of its release, and Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times wrote, “veteran actress Margo Channing in All About Eve...
- 4/30/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Jan 24, 2011
The plot of All About Eve is based on a short story and radio play by the actress and writer Mary Orr, who adapted it from a real life incident told to her by actress Elisabeth Bergner. Joseph Mankiewicz recommended that Darryl F. Zanuck buy the film rights to Orr's story in 1949.
Adapting it for screen, the director originally cast Claudette Colbert as Margo Channing, the aging theatre actress ousted by her understudy, Eve Harrington (played in the film by a young Anne Baxter). Colbert dropped out of production after slipping a disc ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com...
The plot of All About Eve is based on a short story and radio play by the actress and writer Mary Orr, who adapted it from a real life incident told to her by actress Elisabeth Bergner. Joseph Mankiewicz recommended that Darryl F. Zanuck buy the film rights to Orr's story in 1949.
Adapting it for screen, the director originally cast Claudette Colbert as Margo Channing, the aging theatre actress ousted by her understudy, Eve Harrington (played in the film by a young Anne Baxter). Colbert dropped out of production after slipping a disc ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com...
- 1/24/2011
- CinemaNerdz
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