The Lady Eve (1941)
- Directed by
- Preston Sturges
- Genre
- crime film, comedy of remarriage, romantic comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 402 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy heir and a con artist meet on a ship. He falls for her but she gets revenge when he rejects her.
wittyfast-pacedplayfulromanticclevercharminglightheartedmischievous
What happens
The Lady Eve is a 1941 American screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. The film is based on a story by Monckton Hoffe about a mismatched couple who meet on board an ocean liner. Regarded amongst the greatest films of all time, The Lady Eve was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1994 by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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