All About Eve is a 1950 English-language Drama movie written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck under the banner of 20th Century Fox. Eve (Anne Baxter) is waiting backstage to meet her idol, aging Broadway star Margo Channing (Bette Davis). It ms innocent enough as Eve explains that she has n Margo in EVERY performance of her current play. Only playwright/critic DeWitt (George Sanders) s through Eve's evil plan, which is to take her parts and her fiancé, Bill Simpson (Gary Merrill). When the fiancé shows no interest, she tries for playwright Lloyd Richards (Hugh Marlowe), but DeWitt stops her. After she accepts her award, she decides to skip the after-party and goes to her room, where a young woman named Phoebe has sneaked into her room and fallen asleep. This is where the Circle of Life now comes to fruition as Eve will get played like she played Margo. All about eve stars Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe and Robert Whitney. The screenplay is written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz which is inspired from The Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr. The music was composed by Academy Award Oscar winner Alfred Newman. Cinematography was done by Milton R. Krasner and editing by Barbara McLean. The motion picture has a running time of 138 minutes. It was released on 27th October 1950 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. All About Eve was made on a budget of $1 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by 20th Century Fox.