One of those movies whose battle-of-the-sexes themes are still relevant more than 50 years on.
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11/13/07
The Lady Eve (1941)
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Reviews Counted: 28 Fresh: 28 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Synopsis: Directed by Preston Sturges, THE LADY EVE stars Barbara Stanwyck as Jean Herrington, a sly con artist aboard a transatlantic ocean liner who happens to run across Charles Pike (Henry Fonda), a snake expert returning from a year in the Amazon jungle. Since Pike is the wealthy and shy heir to a... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest
Director: Preston Sturges
Producer: Paul Jones
Screenwriter: Preston Sturges
Composer: Sigmund Krumgold
Producer: Paul Jones
Screenwriter: Preston Sturges
Composer: Sigmund Krumgold
Reviews
Top Critic
A beguilingly ribald sex comedy, spattered with characteristic Sturges slapstick.
06/24/06
Top Critic
A wonderful picture set in a world of silly heirs and sharp-eyed dolls as remote from reality and yet wholly credible as that of P. G. Wodehouse.
05/11/05
Top Critic
Top of the line Preston Sturges with wonderful Barbara Stanwyck and surprisingly funny Henry Fonda.
02/22/08
Third writer-director effort of Preston Sturges [from a story by Monckton Hoffe] is laugh entertainment of top proportions with its combo of slick situations, spontaneous dialog and a few slapstick falls tossed in for good measure.
11/13/07
Top Critic
Preston Sturges extended his range beyond the crazy farces that had made his reputation with this romantic 1941 comedy, and his hand proved just as sure.
11/13/07
It's a masterclass in performance and directing %u2013 and shows how romantic comedy is not for amateurs
10/21/07
Preston Sturges' most brilliant film deftly combines deftly witty dialogue and slapstick comedy, splendidly acted not only by Stanwyck and Fonda but by every single member of the ensemble.
06/26/07
...as powerful a feminist statement as it is a smart comedy, and all the more so for hardly seeming to break a sweat in the process.
01/16/07
As usual with Sturges, you wonder how he was able to get away with so much innuendo during Hollywood's Hayes Code period.
03/07/05
It's just not simply an hilarious and witty battle of the sexes farce but amazingly has a tender romantic side.
02/14/05
Now there's no question about it: Preston Sturges is definitely and distinctly the most refreshing new force to hit the American motion pictures in the past five years.
05/20/03
Top Critic
Preston Sturges' delirious humor sets up Henry Fonda's wealthy dope to be taken by Barbara Stanwyck's seductive con artistry.
03/10/03
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