The lady Eve [videorecording] / a Paramount picture ; produced by Paul Jones ; written and directed by Preston Sturges.
Publisher: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2001]
ISBN: 1559409142
Description: 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: The Criterion collection ; 103
Subject: Man-woman relationships Drama.
Swindlers and swindling Drama.
Impostors and imposture Drama.
Deception Drama.
Fathers and daughters Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other titles: Lux radio theatre (Radio program).
Credits: Cinematography, Victor Milner ; editing, Stuart Gilmore ; musical direction, Sigmund Krumgold.
Performers: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, Melvilloel Cooper, Martha O'Driscoll, Janet Beecher.
Target Audience: Not rated.
Notes: English subtitles.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1941.
Includes commentary by Marian Keane and the 1942 Lux radio theater adaptation (Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland).
Summary: A conniving father and daughter meet up with the heir to a brewery fortune-- a wealthy but naìˆve 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.
