The Lady Eve (1941)

 Rated R because our mouths belong in a potty.

Lady Eve 3

Lucky #21 in the Next 100 Project is one of the great screwball rom-coms to ever see the light of day. Barbara Stanwyck defines silky greatness and Henry Fonda (yes, ol’ Hank) is delightful at pratfalls and silliness. This is positively Preston Sturges’ masterpiece! Before you hear our words, get some Sparkplug Coffee.

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Rotten Tomatoes reviews

Links to: Charles Coburn and William Demarest and Eugene Pallette

AFI’s Top 100 Lists

1941 in film

1941 Academy Award winners and nominees

Links to: His Girl Friday and The Philadelphia Story and Sullivan’s Travels

YouTube links: The sexy couch scene and Jean’s “confession” of promiscuity and Hopsy’s hilarious clumsiness and the horse scene and the comedy of remarriage ending and William Holden salutes Barbara Stanwyck at the 1977 Oscars

Previously on the Next 100 Project: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

June 20th on the Next 100 Project: The Great Escape