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The Three Faces of Eve Overview:

The Three Faces of Eve (1957) was a Drama - Mystery Film directed by Nunnally Johnson and produced by Nunnally Johnson.

The film was based on the non-fiction The Three Faces of Eve, a Case of Multiple Personality written by Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley 1957.

Academy Awards 1957 --- Ceremony Number 30 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best ActressJoanne WoodwardWon
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The Three Faces of Eve BlogHub Articles:

The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

By Beatrice on Jun 22, 2016 From Flickers in Time

The Three Faces of Eve Directed by Nunnally Johnson Written by Nunnally Johnson from a book by Corbett Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley 1957/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Repeat viewing/Netflix rental The psychiatry is perhaps a little dated but Joanne Woodward is worth the price of ad... Read full article

The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

By Kristen on Jun 25, 2012 From Journeys in Classic Film

Seems that the film reviews have taken a backseat over the weekend (my last film review was Friday’s rather scathing look at Beach Blanket Bingo) but it’s always nice to take a break.  I return with a film far better than BBB, it’s the 1957 movie The Three Faces of Eve.  You migh... Read full article

And The Winner is.....Joanne Woodward won an Oscar for THE THREE FACES OF EVE

By monty on Mar 19, 2011 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Just saw the 1957 film The Three Faces Of Eve for the first time in about 15 years and it's still just a good as I remembered. Joanne Woodward is positively amazing as Eve, a young Georgia housewife suffering from multiple personalities. A psychiatrist (played by Lee J. Cobb) is asked to help and he... Read full article

Breaking the Code: The Three Faces of Eve Article

By Google profile on Nov 19, 2007 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Here is the first of six articles that will go in the booklet inside the DVD boxed set. I'm writing one on each of the films plus an introduction to the history of the Hays Code and censor... Read full article

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The Three Faces of Eve Quotes:

Eve Black: Don't you want to get me one?
Ralph White: Well, I've never seen you take a drink before.
Eve Black: Honey, there are a lot of things you've never seen me do before. That's no sign I don't do 'em.
Eve Black: [laughs] CHICKEN!
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The Three Faces of Eve Facts
The film is based on the true case of Christine Costner Sizemore who later wrote two books about her multiple personality problem, "I'm Eve" (1977) and "A Mind of My Own" (1989).
Judy Garland had been intended for the main part by Nunnally Johnson, but proving unreliable he picked then barely known Joanne Woodward and imposed her on the studio executives.
Orson Welles was courted for the part of Dr. Luther, played in the movie by Lee J. Cobb, but opted instead to direct Touch of Evil. Welles even read the script and told director Nunnally Johnson that whoever played the lead would win the Oscar (Joanne Woodward did, in fact, win the Oscar).
In her 1977 book, "I'm Eve," Christine Costner Sizemore, the real-life woman on whom the character of "Eve" was based, said that she had really had 26 multiple personalities, not just three; and that the popularity of the book and movie based on her life had only traumatized her further because Dr. Corbett Thigpen had forced her to sign over all rights to her story to him. Contrary to this statement, Dr. Corbett Thigpen made personally sure that Mrs. Sizemore was given her fair share of any and all profit from the movie, for which there is paper-trail proof for any in doubt. Furthermore, Dr. Thigpen and Mrs. Sizemore were on good terms with each other before Dr. Thigpen passed away in 1999, if he had done her wrong, that would not have been the case.
In a TV interview, June Allyson said that she was offered the role of Eve but her husband, Dick Powell, talked her out of it saying she would be miscast.
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