trylon's weekend bette davis series: All About Eve

Classic American cinema being served to you at the Trylon this weekend:

No One Tells Bette Davis What to Do

All About Eve

The Trylon

Fri Feb 04 7:00 (23 remaining) 9:35 Sat Feb 05 7:00 9:35 Sun Feb 06 4:25 7:00 
(1950, Joesph L. Mankiewicz, 35mm, 138m) Bette Davis stars in one of her most celebrated roles as Margo Channing, a whip-smart Broadway star about to meet her undoing via a doe-eyed conniving fan. A drama within a drama within a drama, All About Eve is a brilliant and scathing portrait of stardom and celebrity that was way ahead of its time.

If you're at all unfamiliar with the accolades this film has received over the years, here's a quick rundown courtesy Wikipedia (edited for length):

Academy Awards

• Best Picture - 20th Century-Fox (Darryl F. Zanuck, producer)
• Best Supporting Actor - George Sanders
• Best Costume Design for a Black-and-White film - Edith Head and Charles Le Maire
• Best Director - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• Best Writing, Screenplay - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• Best Sound Recording - Thomas T. Moulton
• Nominated: Best Leading Actress - Anne Baxter
• Nominated: Best Leading Actress - Bette Davis
• Nominated: Best Supporting Actress - Celeste Holm
• Nominated: Best Supporting Actress - Thelma Ritter

NY Film Critics Circle Awards

• Best Motion Picture - Darryl F. Zanuck
• Best Director - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• Best Actress - Bette Davis

Directors Guild of America Awards

• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Motion Picture - Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cannes Film Festival

• Best Actress Prize - Bette Davis
• Jury Special Prize - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• Nominated: Grand Prize of the Festival - Joseph L. Mankiewicz

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

• Best Film from any Source - Darryl F. Zanuck

Later recognition and rankings

In 1990, All About Eve was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The film received in 1997 a placement on the Producers Guild of America Hall of Fame. The film also earns a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

American Film Institute recognition

• 1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies #16
• 2003 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains
  • Eve Harrington, villain #23
• 2005 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes:
  • "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night" #9
• 2007 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) #28

When AFI named Bette Davis # 2 on its list of the greatest female American screen legends, All About Eve was the film selected to highlight Davis' legendary career. (Marilyn Monroe, who makes a brief appearance in Eve, ranked # 6 on the screen legends list.)