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All About Eve
Why this pick
Mankiewicz again turns show-business glamour into a sharp, melancholy study of ambition, narration, and the private costs behind a public image.
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MOVIE1954 2h 8m ITA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry Dawes, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Edmond O'Brien
Oscar Muldoon
Valentina Cortese
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Rossano Brazzi
Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini
Elizabeth Sellars
Jerry
Mari Aldon
Myrna
John Parrish
Mr. Max Black
Margaret Anderson
Pretender's Wife
Gertrude Flynn
Lulu McGee