Motherhood, fertility, and creativity in Mankiewitz's All About Eve.(Joseph L. Mankiewitz)(Critical essay)
From: West Virginia University Philological Papers
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Date: 9/22/2005
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Author: Rotolo, Steven J.
The 1950 screen classic All About Eve, written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewitz, constructs mother-daughter relationships to analyze fertility, creativity, and the reproduction of art. Set against the backdrop of the theater, Mankiewitz's film explores the mentoring and the creative relationships among women in the world of art, relationships that are often more productive than the ones with the men in their lives. Mankiewitz's film chronicles the artistic rise of the child-like ...
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