The Lady Eve (1941) DVD9 Criterion Collection
on June 8th, 2016 at 23:07
Barbara Stanwyck is Jean Harrington, a grifter who travels the world with her father (Charles Coburn), bilking the "sucker sapiens." She meets Charles "Hopsie" Pike (Henry Fonda), heir to the Pike's Pale ale fortune and snake-enthusiast returning from a year's expedition up the Amazon.
To get home, he boards the cruise ship Southern Queen, setting off quite a stir, especially among all the women on board who hope to catch his eye and marry into his fortune. Jean and her father and mentor, "Colonel" Harrington, immediately set their sights on Hopsie. He hasn't seen a woman in six months and quickly falls for Jean. But when she attempts to seduce Hopsie in order to fleece him develops into real love.
DVD9 | NTSC 4:3 | 01:33:48 | 7.13 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English (Dolby AC3, 1 ch)
Subtitles: English
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest
Country: USA
Extras:
• New Digital Transfer
• Audio commentary by noted film scholar Marian Keane
• Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich
• The 1942 broadcast of the Lux Radio Theatre adaptation, performed by Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland
• Edith Head costume designs
• Scrapbook of original publicity materials and production stills
• Original theatrical trailer