Callum Newbury

For a number of reasons, some intentional and some coincidental, All About Eve stands out as one of the best small-scale dramas ever produced under the Hollywood system. In fact, the movie relies so strongly on dialogue and has such a limited number of sets, that it could easily be mistaken for a movie adaptation of a stage play. The fact that the film deals with the behind-the-scenes goings-on in theater serves only to strengthen this erroneous assumption.