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Returning to New York aboard an ocean liner following a year up the Amazon studying snakes, Charles, wealthy heir to the Pike Ale empire, is targeted by a father-daughter team of card sharps who are after his inheritance - but their plan is abandoned when the daughter Jean and naive Charles end up f...

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Uniform Title:Lady Eve (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Sturges, Preston (Screenwriter), Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990 (Actor), Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982 (Actor), Coburn, Charles (Actor), Pallette, Eugene, 1889-1954 (Actor), Demarest, William (Actor), Hoffe, Monckton, 1880-1951
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Universal City, CA] : Universal Pictures, [2006?]
Subjects:
Hoffe, Monckton, > 1880-1951 > Film adaptations.
Hoffe, Monckton, > 1880-1951.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Swindlers and swindling > Drama.
Impostors and imposture > Drama.
Deception > Drama.
Cardsharping > Drama.
Heirs > Drama.
Ocean liners > Drama.
Fathers and daughters > Drama.
Cardsharping.
Deception.
Fathers and daughters.
Heirs.
Impostors and imposture.
Man-woman relationships.
Ocean liners.
Swindlers and swindling.
screwball comedy.
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Romantic comedy films.
Screwball comedy films.
Comédies loufoques (Films)
Comédies romantiques (Films)
Films comiques.
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Summary:Returning to New York aboard an ocean liner following a year up the Amazon studying snakes, Charles, wealthy heir to the Pike Ale empire, is targeted by a father-daughter team of card sharps who are after his inheritance - but their plan is abandoned when the daughter Jean and naive Charles end up falling in love. However, when Charles gets wise to Jean's gold-digging ways, he dumps her and, furious at being scorned, the beautiful con artist re-enters his life masquerading as the posh "Lady Eve Sidwich," determined to torment Charles mercilessly
Item Description:Based on the story "Two Bad Hats" by Monckton Hoffe.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (94 min.)) : sound, black and white
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Victor Milner ; editor, Stuart Gilmore ; art directors, Haus Dreier and Ernst Fegté ; costume designer, Edith Head ; musical direction, Sigmund Krumgold.