Synopsis
A conniving father and daughter meet up with the heir to a brewery fortune—a wealthy but naïve 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’s most clever and beloved romantic comedies, The Lady Eve balances broad slapstick and sophisticated sexiness with perfect grace.
Cast
| Jean | Barbara Stanwyck |
| Charles | Henry Fonda |
| "Colonel" Harrington | Charles Coburn |
| Mr. Pike | Eugene Pallette |
| Muggsy | William Demarest |
| Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith | Eric Blore |
| Gerald | Melville Cooper |
| Martha | Martha O'Driscoll |
| Mrs. Pike | Janet Beecher |
Credits
| Director | Preston Sturges |
| Written and directed by | Preston Sturges |
| Producer | Paul Jones |
| Based on a story by | Monckton Hoffe |
| Sound | Harry Lindgren and Don Johnson |
| Costumes | Edith Head |
| Editing | Stuart Gilmore |
| Musical director | Sigmund Krumgold |
| Art direction | Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegté |
| Cinematography | Victor Milner |
Disc Features
- Sparkling new digital transfer
- Audio commentary by noted film scholar Marian Keane
- Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich
- The 1942 broadcast of the Lux Radio Theatre adaptation, performed by Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland
- Edith Head costume designs
- Scrapbook of original publicity materials and production stills
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
From the Current
The Lady Eve
by Oct 15, 2001Preston Sturges’ The Lady Eve is some kind of great movie. And yet, like most of the best Hollywood movies of its time, its emotional range is narrow, it makes almost no pretensions to observation of American life or to social satire, its characterization is almost nil and . . .
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