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The lady Eve [videorecording] / a Paramount picture ; produced by Paul Jones ; written and directed by Preston Sturges.

Contributor(s): Sturges, Preston | Jones, Paul, 1901-1968 | Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990 | Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982 | Coburn, Charles | Pallette, Eugene, 1889-1954 | O'Driscoll, Martha, 1922-1998 | Demarest, William | Blore, Eric, 1887-1959 | Milland, Ray | Hoffe, Monckton, 1880-1951 | Paramount Pictures, inc | Criterion Collection (Firm).
Series: The Criterion collection.Publisher: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2001Description: 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Hoffe, Monckton,˜d1880-1951œ -- Film and video adaptations | Man-woman relationships -- Drama | Swindlers and swindling -- Drama | Impostors and imposture -- Drama | Deception -- Drama | Fathers and daughters -- Drama | Feature films | Films for the hearing impaired | Comedy filmsDDC classification: 791.4372
Production Credits: Editing, Stuart Gilmore ; musical direction, Sigmund Krumgold.
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, Melvilloel Cooper, Martha O'Driscoll, Janet Beecher.Summary: "A conniving father and daughter meet up with the heir to a brewery fortune-- a wealthy but naïve snake enthusiast-- and attempt to bamboozle him at a cruise ship card table. Their plan is quickly abandoned when the daughter falls in love with their prey. But when the heir gets wise to her gold-digging ways, she must plot to re-conquer his heart."--Container.
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791.4372 LAD 2001 (Browse shelf) DVD 1 Available SLASx,05000,01,GR 1000525047

Aspect ratio 1.33:1.

Includes commentary by Marian Keane and the 1942 Lux radio theater adaptation (Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland)

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1941.

Editing, Stuart Gilmore ; musical direction, Sigmund Krumgold.

Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, Melvilloel Cooper, Martha O'Driscoll, Janet Beecher.

"A conniving father and daughter meet up with the heir to a brewery fortune-- a wealthy but naïve snake enthusiast-- and attempt to bamboozle him at a cruise ship card table. Their plan is quickly abandoned when the daughter falls in love with their prey. But when the heir gets wise to her gold-digging ways, she must plot to re-conquer his heart."--Container.

DVD format.