The Lady Eve
Summary:
(Preston Sturges) wrote and directed this classic romantic comedy starring Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck, who are involved in a scintillating battle of the sexes, as Sturges points up the terrors of sexual passion and the unattainability of the romantic ideal. Henry Fonda plays Charles Pike, the heir to the Pike Ale fortune ("The Ale That Won for Yale"). An ophiologist (a ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Henry Fonda - (Charles Pike)
Barbara Stanwyck - (Jean Harrington)
Charles Coburn - ("Colonel" Harry Harrington)
Eugene Pallette - (Mr. Pike)
William Demarest - (Muggsy-Ambrose Murgatroyd)
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Review:
The Lady Eve is among the funniest films of the World War II era, and one of the few comedies whose humor has survived both cultural changes and shifting audience demographics. Directed by Preston Sturges with his usual efficiency, the battle-of-the-sexes story allows star performers Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck to shine, though sup... Continue >>
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