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Nov 23, 1997 · A movie like "The Lady Eve” is so hard to make that you can't make it at all unless you find a way to make it seem effortless. Preston Sturges does a kind of breathless balancing act here, involving romance, deception and physical comedy. Consider the scenes where Jean masquerades as the Lady Eve.
To say that I was underwhelmed by The Lady Eve would be an understatement, oh no, I disliked it and found it to be very outdated in the worst kind of way. Its views on love, relationships and marriage are simply very dated and don’t hold up under any scrutiny imo.
Feb 25, 2015 · “The Lady Eve” is the rare con artist film where money games are secondary cons; the main game here is one of love, and the film’s heroine wins her man’s heart by frequently pulling the wool...
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Jul 26, 2023 · The 100 Best Movies of the Past 10 Decades. The Lady Eve (1941) Charles Coburn, Barbara Stanwyck, and Henry Fonda in The Lady Eve. Everett Collection. July 26, 2023 7:32 AM EDT. When...
Oct 15, 2001 · Preston 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 its conflicts a clash of stereotypes.
Brian Eggert's essay about The Lady Eve provides an in-depth critical analysis, exploring its production, history, and themes. Compare today’s average romantic comedy to the work of the genre’s most celebrated practitioner, Preston Sturges, and it becomes tragically clear
Sep 2, 2020 · The setup is simple enough: Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) and her father (Charles Coburn perfect in his supporting role) are card sharps out to fleece the rich but naive Charles Pike, an absent minded scientist who studies snakes and is a reluctant brewery heir.
