A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
- Won 6 Oscars
- 27 wins & 20 nominations total
- Director
- Writers
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Mary Orr(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaBette Davis fell in love with her co-star Gary Merrill during the shoot of this movie, and the two married in July 1950, a few weeks after filming was completed. They adopted a baby girl, whom they named Margot.
- GoofsWhile Phoebe is looking at herself in the mirror during the final scene, a crew member sitting on a crane is visible for a few seconds at the top of the shot.
- Crazy creditsEddie Fisher is credited in the cast as 'Stage Manager,' although all of his scenes were cut from the released print. This is not the singer Eddie Fisher, but another actor.
- ConnectionsEdited into Myra Breckinridge (1970)
- SoundtracksLiebestraum
(uncredited)
Music by Franz Liszt
[Played on the piano at the party when Margo is sitting with the pianist; also heard on the car radio]
Featured review
About EveryMan, About EveryWoman, About EveryLife
You will see yourself in every character in this very intelligent, entrancing movie. Though set in "the theatre," the story could just as easily have been told in a small town, a corporation even a religious organization. Being set in the "glamorous" world of entertainment its seems all the more timely in these days of fame, fortune and the insufficiency (almost shame) of being ordinary. The theatre setting also underscores the reality that the world is a stage, and all its people, players.
So much to study in this movie: the genuine, trusting (and romantic) human; the streetwise, good, hardworking human, who's seen it all and doesn't embrace it; the jaded, heart-hardened, deceitful loser with power, who admires the same and disdains human goodness; the ambitious sociopath who fools so many; the unsuspecting onlookers who see only the façade of success; the inescapable fact that supreme achievement has been had by very low characters; the painful passage of an aging woman into the light of knowing she's loved for being beautiful beyond her appearance, for being HER; the touching portrayal of her lover who remembers his love for her as he passes on a much younger, beautiful, talented actress; the sorrow of a (betraying) friend who discovers the frightened and lonely heart of her successful friend The dialogue is sharp and clever, barked and growled, smarmy and tender A truly human movie about being human. Go find yourself in everyone!
So much to study in this movie: the genuine, trusting (and romantic) human; the streetwise, good, hardworking human, who's seen it all and doesn't embrace it; the jaded, heart-hardened, deceitful loser with power, who admires the same and disdains human goodness; the ambitious sociopath who fools so many; the unsuspecting onlookers who see only the façade of success; the inescapable fact that supreme achievement has been had by very low characters; the painful passage of an aging woman into the light of knowing she's loved for being beautiful beyond her appearance, for being HER; the touching portrayal of her lover who remembers his love for her as he passes on a much younger, beautiful, talented actress; the sorrow of a (betraying) friend who discovers the frightened and lonely heart of her successful friend The dialogue is sharp and clever, barked and growled, smarmy and tender A truly human movie about being human. Go find yourself in everyone!
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
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- Also known as
- Best Performance
- Filming locations
- Curran Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA(Theatre, interiors)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,400,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $63,463
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,177
- Oct 8, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $152,599
- Runtime2 hours 18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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