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The Lady Eve is a 1941 romantic screwball comedy film which tells the story of a couple who meet on a luxury liner. Barbara Stanwyck is con artist Jean Harrington. Along with her equally larcenous father, "Colonel" Harrington (Charles Coburn), she is out to fleece rich nerd Charles Pike (Henry Fonda), a woman-shy scientist returning from a year-long expedition up the Amazon. Image File history File links 1941. ...
Preston Sturges (August 29, 1898-August 6, 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a screenwriter and director born in Chicago. ...
Paul Jones (born February 24, 1942) is an English singer, actor and radio presenter. ...
Preston Sturges (August 29, 1898-August 6, 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a screenwriter and director born in Chicago. ...
Barbara Stanwyck Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American film and television actress. ...
Fonda in the 1957 classic, 12 Angry Men. ...
Charles Douville Coburn (June 17, 1877 – August 30, 1961) was an American film and theater actor. ...
William Demarest (February 27, 1892 – December 28, 1983) was an American character actor. ...
Victor Milner (December 15, 1893 - October 29, 1972) was an award-winning cinematographer. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
The screwball comedy has proven to be one of the most elusive of the film genres. ...
Barbara Stanwyck Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American film and television actress. ...
Charles Douville Coburn (June 17, 1877 – August 30, 1961) was an American film and theater actor. ...
Fonda in the 1957 classic, 12 Angry Men. ...
The movie was written by Monckton Hoffe and Preston Sturges, and directed by Sturges. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Preston Sturges (August 29, 1898-August 6, 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a screenwriter and director born in Chicago. ...
Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...
The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ...
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The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...
In 1956 the plot was resurrected for the movie "The Birds and the Bees" starring George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor, and David Niven.
Plot But even the best laid plans can go astray. First, she falls hard for the guy and doesn't want to steal from him. Then, when Pike's suspicious minder/valet (William Demarest) reveals the truth to him, he dumps her. Furious at being scorned, she returns to his life as the terribly posh "Lady Eve Sidwich" to torment him mercilessly. Eugene Pallette plays the businessman father who is impressed with the English nobility and eager to promote a marriage between his son and her. Soon Pike is her hapless victim, so confused and bothered he doesn't know which way is up. However, she intends to take her revenge in an even worse way. In the end, though, romance wins out after all the twists and turns. William Demarest (February 27, 1892 – December 28, 1983) was an American character actor. ...
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