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Classic!
by Christopher (movies profile)
Nov 29, 2007
Preston Sturges’ The Lady Eve is a great screwball romantic comedy starring Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck. The story concerns a young son (Henry Fonda) of a rich brewer who is a snake-enthusiast and has been in the Amazon who meets a con artist (Barbara Stanwyck).
If I told you any more, I might spoil it for you. Anyway, it is a great movie. It mixes romance with slapstick comedy wonderfully. The dialogue is just great; Sturges sure as heck knew what he was doing.
The cinematography and directing is great too. I like that the movie is nice and short (93 minutes) and gets everything in there. Sturges knows what to skip or gloss over and what to embellish. Good, strong romantic comedy. (I personally prefer Arsenic and Old Lace more, but that obviously emphasizes the comedy much more than the romance.) |
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