All About Eve while "Harrison's Reports" called it "a fascinating, continually absorbing story about Broadway theatrical people, given a mature treatment and penetrated with realistic dialogue and flashes of slick, sardonic humor." John McCarten of "The New Yorker" called it "a thoroughly entertaining movie." Writing in 2000, film critic Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun Times" praised the film, saying Bette Davis' character "veteran actress Margo Channing in "All About Eve" was her greatest role." Boxoffice.com stated that it "is a classic of the American cinema – to this day the quintessential depiction of ruthless ambition in the entertainment industry, with legendary performances
Bette Davis filmography Bette Davis filmography This is a complete filmography of Bette Davis. Davis began acting in films in 1931, initially as a contract player with Universal Studios, where she made her film debut in "Bad Sister" (1931). Davis was initially seen as unappealing by studio executives, and was assigned to a string of B-movies early in her career. Davis made a transition to Warner Brothers in 1932, and made her breakthrough performance in "The Man Who Played God" (1932), opposite George Arliss. She continued in a succession of films, but did not gain further recognition until she agreed to star in