Blu-ray
The lady Eve
Call Number
- BLU-RAY COMEDY (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, Martha O'Driscoll, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Melville Cooper, Janet Beecher.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2020]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
"Barbara Stanwyck sizzles, Henry Fonda bumbles, and Preston Sturges runs riot in one of the all-time great screwballs, a pitch-perfect blend of comic zing and swoonworthy romance. Aboard a cruise liner sailing up the coast of South America, Stanwyck's conniving card sharp sets her sights on Fonda's nerdy snake researcher, who happens to be the heir to a brewery fortune. But when the con artist falls for her mark, her grift becomes a game of hearts--and she is determined to win it all. One in a string of matchless comedic marvels that Sturges wrote, directed, and produced as part of a dazzling 1940s run, this gender-flipped battle-of-wits farce is perhaps his most emotionally satisfying work, tempering its sparkling wit with a streak of tender poignancy supplied by the sensational Stanwyck at her peak."--Container.
Notes
Screenplay based on a story by Monckton Hoffe.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; audio commentary from 2001 featuring film scholar Marian Keane ; introduction from 2001 by filmmaker Peter Bogdonavich, filmmakers James L. Brooks and Ron Shelton, and critics Susan King, Leonard Maltin, and Kenneth Turan ; new video essay by film critic David Cairns ; costume designs by Edith Head ; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1942 featuring Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland ; audio recording from 2013 of "Up the Amazon," a song from an unproduced stage musical based on the film ; trailer.