Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Anna Karenina (1948)

All About Eve (1950) -- (Movie Clip) The Sarah Siddons Award

Nothing beats a George Sanders opening narration, as critic Addison DeWitt, writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz introducing indirectly Hugh Marlowe and Garry Merrill, then Celeste Holm, Gregory Ratoff and Bette Davis, with reference to star Anne Baxter, in the celebrated showbiz melodrama, All About Eve, 1950.

All About Eve (1950) -- (Movie Clip) We Theater Folk

At the party hosted by well-lit Margo (Bette Davis), her husband, director Bill (Gary Merrill) and critic Addison (George Sanders) hold court for the plucky Miss Casswell (Marilyn Monroe) and ambitious assistant Eve (Anne Baxter), et al, in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's All About Eve, 1950.

All About Eve (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Fasten Your Seat Belts

Friend Karen (Celeste Holm), her playwright husband (Hugh Marlowe) and producer Max (Gregory Ratoff) stand back as actress-hostess Margo (Bette Davis) delivers her famous line in All About Eve, 1950, then joins critic DeWitt (George Sanders), Marilyn Monroe on his arm, and protegè Eve (Anne Baxter).

All About Eve (1950) -- (Movie Clip) The Touchiest Thing In Show Business

After a performance, Margo (Bette Davis) forgets professional etiquette in accommodating starstruck assistant Eve (Anne Baxter), alarming aide Birdie (Thelma Ritter) and leading to a revealing moment in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s box-office and critical sensation All About Eve, 1950.

All About Eve (1950) -- (Movie Clip) When She Gets Like This

Karen (Celeste Holm), wife of the playwright (Hugh Marlowe) and leader of the entourage of Broadway diva Margo (Bette Davis), exercises privilege, introducing the devoted fan and title character (Anne Baxter), Thelma Ritter as non-plussed Birdie, early in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s All About Eve, 1950.