{"id":346,"date":"2016-05-12T18:31:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T18:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgs.performerstuff.com\/?p=346"},"modified":"2020-03-21T03:07:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T03:07:05","slug":"theatre-in-film-all-about-eve-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/theatre-in-film-all-about-eve-1950\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre in Film Series: All About Eve (1950)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"> <img alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><h3>Theatre in Film\u00a0Series:<em> All About Eve<\/em>\u00a0(1950)<\/h3>\n<hr><font size=\"2\" color=\"grey\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);margin-right:25px;float:left;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-glow imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/performerstuff.com\" target=\"_self\"> <img src=\"http:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12710766_10205760398984857_7629319873256247331_o-e1459537652369.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"\/><\/a><\/span><p>Written by Ashleigh Gardner<\/p>\n<p>May 10, 2016<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/font>\r\n<br>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:36pt;text-align:left\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve been in love with theatre for my entire life, but it wasn\u2019t until a few years ago that I began to truly appreciate film as its own art form. This series features films that display theatre and the lives of actors, directors, writers, and dancers who inhabit the stage.\u00a0So if you\u2019re itching to watch a film that knows\u00a0<\/span><i>your\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">life in theatre, check out\u00a0<em>All About Eve<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>,\u00a0<\/i>our fourth film, featured below.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><br><h4><em>All About Eve<\/em>\u00a0(1950)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LSntQerk8cQ?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Director:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joseph L. Mankiewicz<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Starring:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, Celeste Holm, and George Sanders<\/span><\/p>\n<br><h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happens:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Margo Channing (Bette Davis) is approached by Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter), a young fan who would wait on Margo hand and foot. Over a period of a few months, Eve insinuates herself into Margo\u2019s personal circle of friends and sabotages Margo\u2019s career. In a sinister and calculated plot, Eve steals Margo\u2019s prized role and wins a coveted acting award, only to be socially rejected by the people who helped her rise to fame.<\/span><\/p>\n<br><h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why it matters:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. This film is about the backstabbing that can happen in the theatre. It displays the darkest side of what occurs\u00a0among a close-knit group of friends when jealousy and confusion take hold. However, it also depicts what happens when a group of old friends sticks together despite a weasel in their midst. Theatre is famous for bringing unrelated people together and making them into a family. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Characters Margo Channing, Bill Sampson, Lloyd Richards, and Karen Richards are intensely close, having worked together through many productions. They represent the deep friendship and dedication that makes theatre such a nurturing environment. Eve Harrington, the dangerous newcomer, represents selfishness and pride, everything that tears theatre apart. Together, Margo and her friends take a stand against what Eve represents, but they don\u2019t even have to lift a finger to give Eve the revenge she deserves. Karma does the work for them: a young fan breaks into Eve\u2019s dressing room, and while Eve lounges on the sofa, the girl secretly models Eve\u2019s gown in the mirror, imagining herself a star. This film examines the\u00a0ebb and flow of fame and the cyclical nature of theatre. We rehearse, we perform, we strike, and we do it all over again, and we pass on our experience to the younger generations of students and professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n<br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">This film is featured in Part I of &#8220;Theatre in Film&#8221;.\u00a0See below for the others in Part I.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=133\"><u><em>42nd Street\u00a0<\/em>(1933)<\/u><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=342\"><strong><em>Stage Door<\/em>\u00a0(1937)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=343\"><strong><em>Les Enfants du Paradis<\/em>\u00a0(<em>Children of Paradise<\/em>) (1945)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/theatre-in-film-limelight-1952\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Limelight<\/em>\u00a0(1952)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*Banner image from<em>\u00a0All About Eve.\u00a0<\/em>Copyright\u00a0\u00a9 1950\u00a020th Century Fox.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ashleigh Gardner<\/strong>\u00a0received her AA in Theatre\/Drama\/Dramatic Arts\u00a0from Valencia College and\u00a0her Bachelors Degree in English Literature and\u00a0Masters Degree in Literary, Cultural, and Textual Studies from\u00a0the University of Central Florida. She is a playwright and an actor.<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [...]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[259,265],"tags":[83,318,8,308,319,82,80,10,337,88,336,14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}