The Three Faces of Eve
The Three Faces of Eve is a 1957 American film noir mystery drama film presented in CinemaScope, based on the book of the same name about the life of Chris Costner Sizemore, which was written by psychiatrists Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley, who also helped write the screenplay. Sizemore, referred to by Thigpen and Cleckley as Eve White, was a woman they suggested might have dissociative identity disorder (then known as multiple personality disorder). Sizemore's identity was concealed in interviews about this film and was not revealed to the public until 1977. The film was directed by Nunnally Johnson.
Plot
In 1951, Eve White is a timid, self-effacing wife and mother who has severe and blinding headaches and occasional blackouts. Eve eventually goes to see psychiatrist Dr. Luther, and while having a conversation, a "new personality", the wild, fun-loving Eve Black, emerges. Eve Black knows everything about Eve White, but Eve White is unaware of Eve Black.
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author | Hervey M. Cleckley Nunnally Johnson |
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award | Academy Award for Best Actress |
contentLocation | Georgia |
director | Nunnally Johnson |
editor | Marjorie Fowler |
events | dissociative identity disorder |
genre | drama mystery |
keywords | black wi boarding house dead person discover drive-in drive-in theater to remember |
musicBy | Robert E. Dolan |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress |
producer | Nunnally Johnson |
publisher | 20th Century Fox |
theme | dance film noir |