The Lady Eve - Criterion Collection
by Preston Sturges
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Actor: Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, Henry Fonda, William DemarestDirector: Preston Sturges
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-10-16
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Criterion
Movie Reviews of The Lady Eve - Criterion Collection
Movie Review: A female con-artist.
Summary: 3 Stars
The Lady Eve is a funny screwball comedy thanks to Barbara Stanwyck (what a firecracker!) she makes this film better than it actually is. Henry Fonda is ok but not memorable like his leading lady. Preston Sturgess directed this classic, I like his sense of humor but a lot of these old films fade with time, sorry to say but this is one of them.
Summary of The Lady Eve - Criterion Collection
A conniving father and daughter meet up with the heir to a brewery fortune-a wealthy but na?ve snake enthusiast-and attempt to bamboozle him at a cruise ship card table. Their plan is quickly abandoned when the daughter falls in love with their prey. But when the heir gets wise to her gold-digging ways, she must plot to re-conquer his heart. One of Sturges' most clever and beloved romantic comedies, The Lady Eve balances broad slapstick and sophisticated sexiness with perfect grace.In 1941, Barbara Stanwyck was offered two screwball roles equally suited to her tart intelligence, deft comic timing, and undeniable sex appeal, and it's a photo finish as to which was funnier--showgirl-on-the-lam Sugarpuss O'Shea, the title character in Howard Hawks's Ball of Fire, or con artist Jean Harrington a.k.a. Lady Eve Sidwich, the delirious fulcrum for this classic Preston Sturges comedy. Under Sturges's typically antic microscope, the collision between the gold-digging Harrington and the very rich, very hapless brewery-heir-turned-herpetologist Charles Pike (a wonderfully callow, guileless Henry Fonda) yields ample opportunity for the writer-director to skewer issues of class and sex; as always, Sturges is bold in pushing the censors' envelope, capturing a palpable erotic heat between the canny Jean and the literally feverish Charlie, who, after a year up the Amazon, is instantly smitten by the mere sight of her shapely ankles (in hindsight, a precursor to her subsequent effect in Double Indemnity). To give away the plot machinations driving the farce would spoil the fun, beyond confirming impersonations, mixed signals, and misunderstandings as the turns in a consistently rollicking ride that makes good use of Charles Coburn and screwball character veterans Eugene Pallette, William Demarest, and Eric Blore. --Sam Sutherland
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