The Lady Eve 1941 PG
Production still from The Lady Eve 1941 / Director: Preston Sturges / Image courtesy: Universal Pictures Australia / View full image
When
6.00 pm, Fri 25 Aug 2023 (94 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
About
One of the great screwball comedies from a master of the genre, Preston Sturges’ The Lady Eve is a sizzling tale of romance and deception. Barbara Stanwyck plays Jean Harrington, a beautiful and cunning con artist out to swindle Charles Pike (Henry Fonda), the timorous heir to a brewery fortune. Her scheme hits a hurdle when she begins to fall for the bumbling, snake-obsessed Charles and she must turn her ruse into reality. Stanwyck is sensationally sultry and steely-eyed as the crafty Jean, while Fonda excels at mixing physical pratfalls with sharp-tongued dialogue.
The Lady Eve will screen from an imported 35mm print.
Production Credits
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Script: Preston Sturges
- Based on: the story ‘Two Bad Hats’ by Monckton Hoffe
- Cinematographer: Victor Milner
- Editor: Stuart Gilmore
- Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
- Print Source: NBCUniversal Archives & Collections, Los Angeles
- Rights: Universal Pictures Australia
- Year: 1941
- Runtime: 94 minutes
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Colour: Black & White
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm