The Lady Eve (1941)
Rating: 4 Stars (out of 4)
Snake in the Grass
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
Buy The Lady Eve on DVD.
Preston Sturges' The Lady Eve is an all-time classic with sharp-witted con
woman Barbara Stanwyck giving the slightly baffled snake scientist Henry
Fonda a run for his money. As usual with Sturges, you wonder how he was
able to get away with so much innuendo during Hollywood's Hayes Code
period. The Criterion Collection's remastered DVD stands up among their best (it
contains lots of extras: a commentary track, an introduction by Peter
Bogdanovich, the Lux radio play, Edith Head's costume designs, and
more).
Starring: Henry Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, Martha O'Driscoll, William Demarest, Eric Blore
Written by: Preston Sturges, based on a story by Monckton Hoffe
Directed by: Preston Sturges
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 93 minutes
Date: November 16, 2001
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