The Lady Eve (1941)Director: Preston Sturges
Writers: Mockton Hoffe and Preston Sturges
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda
Co-Starring: Charles Coburn and Eugene Pallette
Description: Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship. They fall in love, but a misunderstanding causes them to split on bad terms. To get back at him, Jean disguises herself as an English lady, and comes back to tease and torment him.
Rating: A+
In a word... magical.
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