Best Actress 1950: Anne Baxter and "All about Eve"

Anne Baxter’s performance in “All about Eve” sometimes tends to fade into the background next to her larger-than-life co-star Bette Davis. But Anne Baxter also reached an artistic peak in 1950 with her role as the scheming and manipulative Eve Harrington. In this video, I talk about the career of Anne Baxter, her success with classic movies like “The Magnificent Ambersons” or “The Ten Commandments”, her Oscar win for “The Razor’s Edge” and why she never reached the same heights again in the later parts of her career. Chapters 0:00 Introduction 3:22 The beginnings of Anne Baxter’s career 12:01 Anne Baxter in Hollywood 17:43 The Razor’s Edge 24:07 All about Eve 35:03 My Review 43:07 The remainder of Anne Baxter’s career You can find the reviews of the other Best Actress nominees of 1950 here:    • Best Actress 1950   Review of Bette Davis in "All about Eve":    • Best Actress 1950: Gloria Swanson and Bett...   Ressources: "Intermission: A True Story" by Anne Baxter "Joseph L. Mankiewicz Interviews" by Brian Dauth "The Lonely Life" by Bette Davis "This'n That" by Bette Davis "Anne Baxter. A Bio-Bibliography" by Karin J. Fowler "Pictures will Talk. The Life and Films of Joseph L. Mankiewicz" by Kenneth L. Geist "Bette Davis. The Performances That Made Her Great" by Peter McNally "Bette Davis. Her Film and Stage Career" by Jeffrey Robinson "Dark Victory. The Life of Bette Davis" by Ed Sikow "More than a Woman. An intimate Biography of Bette Davis" by James Spada "All about 'All about Eve" by Sam Staggs "Vanity Fair's Tales of Hollywood - Everything about Eve" by Sam Staggs "Mother Goddam. The Story and Career of Bette Davis" by Whitney Stine Music Hanging Out - Bruno E. #academyawards #bestactress #oscars #allabouteve #annebaxter #bettedavis #eleanorparker