Joanne Woodward gave this great performance before she met Paul Newman and received the Best Actress Oscar for it in 1957. The movie itself is almost like a documentary with the spotlight on Eve White, Eve Black, and Jane--all played by Joanne Woodward. This true story is introduced by Alistair Cooke. The story revolves around Eve White, a married woman with a daughter in 1951, who has headaches and blackouts in Georgia. Consulting Dr. Luther (Lee J. Cobb), she is initially sent home. But when she almost strangles her young daughter with a curtain cord, Dr. Luther figures out that he is dealing with two personalities--one who does not define herself as married nor a mother. Eve Black is the missing link who comes out to party and spends money freely. None of the characters are really prepared to deal with such complications. Ralph White (David Wayne), Eve's husband, is at first willing to work with Dr. Luther but then becomes so turned off that he eventually gets a divorce. Dr. Luther himself has never dealt with multiple personalities and seeks help from another doctor in his office. None are aware of how famous this case would become. Although this movie is strictly a showcase for Joanne Woodward, look for Nancy Kulp (Miss Hathaway in "Beverly Hillbillies") at the end of the movie as Eve's mother. Also look for Vincent Edwards (Dr. Ben Casey), who plays one of Eve Black's frustrated boyfriends. This must have been a low budget movie. It is filmed in black and white and has little frills. Again, the main reason to see this movie is the performance of Joanne Woodward. In the special feature showing Miss Woodward receiving her Academy Award for Best Actress, you will see her escorted to the ceremony by Paul Newman. They had just met and made their first movie together, "The Long Hot Summer." In fact, this performance as a Southern woman in "The Three Faces of Eve" brought her to the attention of "Summer's" director Martin Ritt and thus made it possible for them to meet.Read full review
This + Sybil + joann Woodward & Sally Field equal one of the best movies .... cant get much better. I love it & very glad to have in my library !
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One of Joanne Woodward's best, love it, one of our many great black and white movies. Highly recommend to all who like and appreciate this genre.
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'The Three Faces of Eve' tells the true story of a housewife who suffers from the condition recognized as dissociative identity disorder today. Nunnally Johnson's movie entirely focuses on the experience of Eve White, Eve Black and Jane during a period of a couple of years beginning from the time she started visiting her psychologist. This is unlike many of the 50s movies I've seen because it deals with several adult themes such as divorce, spousal abuse, sex and childhood trauma unlike the comparatively melodramatic films that were so popular at the time. Nunnally proves to be a fine storyteller as the meticulous writing is rich, tight and full of depth and the direction is great. I liked how he showed the 'treatment process'. It was cleverly downplayed in the story. The execution is done with skill. 'The Three Faces of Eve' has some outstanding nuanced performances. Lee J. Cobb is restrained as Eve's psychologist but it is Joanne Woodward who carries the film. She is simply sublime. Since then there have been numerous movies on dissociative identity disorder but 'The Three Faces of Eve' is the pioneer but that's not the reason why the movie ought to be watched because even as a stand alone, it works very well as a captivating character study.Read full review
Great show,almost hard to believe that this can actually happen
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