| | Lady Eve DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Criterion Collection Movies, Comedies Videos, Romance, Essential Cinema, Vintage, Scams And Cons, AFI Top 100 Passions, AFI Top 100 Laughs | | Starring | Henry Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, William Demarest, Charles Coburn, Eric Blore, Melville Cooper, Eugene Pallette, Martha O'Driscoll | | Director | Preston Sturges | | Art Director | Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte | | Composer | Sigmund Krumgold | | Director of Photography | Victor Milner | | Editor | Stuart Gilmore | | Producer | Paul Jones | | Screenwriter | Preston Sturges |
Black & White; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Director's Comments 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 beer fortune, he seems like the perfect target for one of Jean's cons, but as she deceives him she finds herself falling in love. One of Sturges's most hilarious comedies, THE LADY EVE is a romantic comedy masterpiece with two of Hollywood's stars at the top of their form. Theatrical release: February 1941.
THE LADY EVE is number 55 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Funniest Movies.
THE LADY EVE was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1994.
THE LADY EVE was named to the National Board of Review's List of the 10 Best Films of 1941.
The film was remade by Norman Taurog in 1956 as THE BIRDS AND THE BEES, starring Mitzi Gaynor, David Niven, George Gobel, Reginald Gardiner, and Hans Conreid. Lady Eve Quotes/Excerpts: "What I am trying to say is: I'm not a poet, I'm an ophiologist."--Charles Pike (Henry Fonda)
"I need him like the ax needs the turkey."--Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) Lady Eve Reviews: "...THE LADY EVE contains both sophisticated humor and all-out slapstick....Fonda's performance is first-rate..."
-- Steve Emmons, Los Angeles Times "...[Stanwyck gives] one of her greatest performances, a flight of romance and comedy so graceful and effortless that she is somehow able to play different notes at the same time..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "The pairing of Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck works beautifully."
-- Uncut Staff, Uncut "Sturges' superb screwball comedy combines humour and eroticism..."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound Lady Eve | List Price | $39.95 (You save $8.70) | | Studio | Criterion Collection | | Orig Year | 1941 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  10485  | | CD Universe Part number | 1875959 | | Catalog number | 1567 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 16, 2001 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 93 Minutes | | Additional Info | Subtitled | | Movie Details | B&W; Mono Sound; Dolby Noise Reduction; Digitally Processed; Digital Sound; Subtitled; Criterion Collection |
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Audio Commentary: Marian Keene - Film Scholar
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Introduction: Peter Bogdanovich - Director
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