The Lady Eve
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
Director: Preston Sturges
Writer: Preston Sturges, Monckton Hoffe
Producer: Paul Jones
The Lady Eve is a 1941 American screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. The film is based on a story by Monckton Hoffe about a mismatched couple who meet on board an ocean liner.
Trivia
- Selected for the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
- Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Story.
- The Lady Eve is loosely based on a 19-page story by Monckton Hoffe called "Two Bad Hats", which was also the working title of the film.
- Sturges was assigned in 1938 to write a script based on Hoffe's story, with Claudette Colbert expected to be the star.
- Sturges and Paramount producer Albert Lewin had some written disagreement in 1939 about the development of the script.
Filming Locations
- To get into mood for Barbara's bedroom scene, Sturges wore a bathrobe." Location shooting for the opening jungle scene took place at Lake Baldwin of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia, California.
Previous Showings
10 Runs • 4 Festivals
12,300 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (April 12, 1941)
Original Run: April 12, 1941 (Saturday - Monday)
All runs on record (10):
- April 12, 1941 (Saturday - Monday)Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda
- March 8, 1988 · 0 ticketsw/ Unfaithfully Yours
- September 14 - 18, 1991 · 2,485 ticketsw/ The Palm Beach Story
- May 28 - June 2, 1994 · 1,548 ticketsw/ The More the Merrier
- November 22 - 24, 1996 · 1,136 ticketsw/ Woman of the Year
- October 2 - 4, 2002 · 773 ticketsFall Folliesw/ Baby Face
- February 18 - 20, 2005 · 1,958 ticketsw/ Duck Soup
- July 17 - 20, 2009 · 1,837 ticketsSummer 2009w/ Double Indemnity
- November 28 - December 1, 2013 · 1,469 ticketsPreston Sturges and The Marx Brosw/ Monkey Business
- April 4 - 6, 2014 · 1,094 ticketsStarring Barbara Stanwyckw/ Lady of Burlesque