Capital Celluloid 2019 - Day 46: Fri Feb 15

The Lady Eve (Sturges, 1941): 
BFI Southbank, NFT2, 2.30pm, NFT1, 6.30pm & NFT3, 8.45pm


This film is on an extended run at the cinema. You can find the full details here. It is also part of the Barbara Stanwyck season, the full information for which your can find here.

Chicago Reader review:
Preston Sturges extended his range beyond the crazy farces that had made his reputation with this romantic 1941 comedy, and his hand proved just as sure. Henry Fonda is the heir to a massive beer fortune who has spent his life in the scientific study of snakes; Barbara Stanwyck is the con girl who exclaims “What a life!” and sets out to turn Fonda around. Among the faces who crowd the frames are Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Melville Cooper, and Jimmy Conlin. 
Dave Kehr

Here (and above) is the trailer.

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