The Women / All About Eve

Tuesday | July 17, 2007 6:30 pm

The Women

Directed by George Cukor

All About Eve

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Screening on Film

This double-bill promises an evening of bold, brash performances from some of the best actresses of Hollywood’s golden age. George Cukor’s acid comedy about love and infidelity stars Norma Shearer as a society wife who is spirited off to a dude ranch near Reno when her friends convince her that her husband’s extramarital activities must be avenged. All About Eve stars Anne Baxter as an aspiring actress who maneuvers her way into the life of a Broadway star (Davis) and her close-knit circle of friends. As she plots her rise to the top, the ingenue is aided by the acid-pen of a shrewdly cynical theater critic (Sanders) who sees through her benevolent façade.

PROGRAM

The Women

Directed by George Cukor.
With Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell.
US, 1939, 35mm, color and b&w, 131 min.
All About Eve

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
With Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders.
US, 1950, 35mm, black & white, 138 min.