Essay Archive - Movie: All About Eve
Movie: All About Eve
In the film All About Eve, (directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and released in
1950), Eve Harrison (Anne Baxter) was a young woman with evil running through
her veins. She wanted to be "somebody" and chose to get there through Margo
Channing (Betty Davis) who was a famous stage star. Eve would do whatever it
took to get where she wanted to be, including hurt the ones that trusted her and
took her in as a "lost lamb". Though Eve was already evil within and throughout,
the people around her made it even easier to acomplish her goals.
Margo was one of the most popular ....
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