The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPreston Sturges
Written byPreston Sturges
Based on"Two Bad Hats"
by Monckton Hoffe
Produced byPaul Jones
Buddy G. DeSylva (uncredited)
Starring
CinematographyVictor Milner
Edited byStuart Gilmore
Music byPhil Boutelje
Charles Bradshaw
Gil Grau
Sigmund Krumgold
John Leipold
Leo Shuken
(all uncredited)
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • February 25, 1941 (1941-02-25)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$660,000[1]

The Lady Eve is a 1941 American screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.[2] The film is based on a story by Monckton Hoffe about a mismatched couple who meet on board an ocean liner.[3][4] Regarded amongst the greatest films of all time, The Lady Eve was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1994 by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".[5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ Curtis 1984, p. 240.
  2. ^ "The Lady Eve." IMDB. Retrieved: November 17, 2011.
  3. ^ Variety Film Reviews, February 26, 1941, p. 16.
  4. ^ Harrison's Reports and Film Reviews, March 1, 1941, p. 34.
  5. ^ "National Film Registry." Archived 2012-04-19 at the Wayback Machine Library of Congress. Retrieved: November 17, 2011.
  6. ^ "25 Films Added to National Registry (Published 1994)". The New York Times. 1994-11-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  7. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  8. ^ "Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Movies". Time. Internet Archive. February 12, 2005. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2013.