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Elaine May: laughing matters
18 Apr 2024 09:44 GMT
… serious comedy to the movies, comedy with almost painful … writing and directing four films that have surprising consistency. … Sturges’s screwball classic The Lady Eve (1941) is more … raucous and giddily funny film contrasting liberal and reactionary …
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Arkadin to Show 1933's Baby Face, a Flick So Racy it Upended the Film Industry
01 Mar 2024 18:30 GMT
Whether she was conning Henry Fonda in The Lady Eve or setting Fred MacMurray … insurance fraud in Double Indemnity, Barbara Stanwyck was one tough dame. … is exploring the pre-Code films of the 1930s in a … the first place.
As the movie';s tagline goes, …
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Movies to Watch Whether You Love or Hate Valentine's Day
12 Feb 2024 22:07 GMT
… around the neighborhood of the movie’s title, complete with … age.
‘The Lady Eve’ (1941)
Preston Sturges’s “The Lady Eve” is a … over lunacy. The great Barbara Stanwyck is at her sultriest as … her sights on Charles Pike (Henry Fonda), the nervous, snake-obsessed …
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Terrence Malick’s four favourite movies of all time
07 Jan 2024 04:36 GMT
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A new Terrence Malick movie used to be a generational … the famously publicity-shy filmmaker working at a pace … Lady Eve finds Henry Fonda’s wealthy snake expert fall head over heels for Barbara Stanwyck … free to pick whatever films he wanted, considering he …
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The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film by David Thomson review – blood, guts and popcorn
31 Dec 2023 07:23 GMT
… the vain pandemonium of Hollywood moviemaking”, the playing field – the … Hollywood did, too. “So films like Objective, Burma! and Bataan … Shop Around the Corner, The Lady Eve, His Girl Friday. How … victory had dimmed sufficiently, film-makers set about showing …
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Paul Schrader names his 10 favourite movies
08 Dec 2023 10:44 GMT
… again, critiquing the latest movie releases with some brutally honest … movies. It’s a fascinating list with some wonderful films … a number of brilliant movies that the groundbreaking writer … Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)
La …
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Picture Perfect: Screwball comedies are never gone, and ‘The Lady Eve’ is one of the best
30 Apr 2023 09:23 GMT
… year to watch classic movies. Since there are few … Regardless of when the film was released, a classic … different in execution.
Film critic Molly Haskell defined … “The Lady Eve.”
The boiling chemistry between Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda is intoxicating …
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How Horseback Riding Helped Barbara Stanwyck Rise Above Hollywood Misogyny
05 May 2023 08:21 GMT
… psychological violence.
Barbara Stanwyck was frequently injured in film shoots, and … fidget a bit as Barbara Stanwyck, stylishly thin and … film. Nevertheless, in films such as All I Desire and The Lady Eve … from The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck: Twenty-Six Short …
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Netflix fans hail '10/10' series with 'most amazing twist' at the end: 'I still think about it at least once a week'
09 Apr 2024 16:44 GMT
… lady Eve had her first major role in the 2011 drama film This …
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Jane Fonda Reveals How Her Father, Henry Fonda, Really Felt About Fame
18 Feb 2023 04:51 GMT
… feelings about his supporters.
Henry Fonda’s career as an actor … Grapes of Wrath, and The Lady Eve.
He enlisted in the Navy … Movie, but never won. Fonda died in 1982 from heart disease.
Henry Fonda … fans
Jane Fonda with father Henry Fonda circa 1979 in New …