Lady Eve, The - The Criterion Collection
Criterion (1941)
Comedy, Romance
In Collection
#7428
0*
Seen ItYes
715515011624
IMDB   8.0
1 hr 37 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Barbara Stanwyck Jean Harrington/Lady Eve Sidwich
Henry Fonda Charles Pike ('Hopsie')
Charles Coburn 'Colonel' Harrington
Eugene Pallette Horace Pike
William Demarest Muggsy (Ambrose Murgatroyd)
Eric Blore Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith ('Pearlie')
Melville Cooper Gerald
Martha O'Driscoll Martha
Janet Beecher Janet Pike
Robert Greig Burrows
Martha O' Driscoll
Dora Clement Gertrude
Luis Alberni Emile, Pike's chef
Director
Preston Sturges
Producer Paul Jones
Writer Monckton Hoffe
Preston Sturges
Cinematography Victor Milner


Bewitched and Bewildered

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' most clever and beloved romantic comedies, The Lady Eve balances broad slapstick and sophisticated sexiness with perfect grace.
Edition Details
Edition Special Edition
Distributor Criterion
Chapters 26
Release Date 2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Audio Commentary by Noted Film Scholar Marian Keane
Video Introduction by Writer-Director Peter Bogdanovitch
The 1942 Broadcast of the Lux Radio Theater adaptation, performed by Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland
Edith Head Costume Designs
Scrapbook of Original Publicity Materials and Production Stills
Original Theatrical Trailer