Paramount Pictures: Feature Films: The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve

• Paramount Pictures

• Cartoon Characters:

   (Live-Action) Jean Harrington/Lady Eve Sidwich, Charles Pike ("Hopsie"), "Colonel" Harrington, Horace Pike, Muggsy (Ambrose Murgatroyd), Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith ("Pearlie"), Gerald, Martha, Janet Pike, Burrows, Gertrude, Emile (Pike's Chef), Man With Potted Palm, Sir Alfred's Servant, Husbands on Boat, Lawyers, Mac, Butlers at Party, Party Guests, Stewards, Daughters on Boat, Boat Passenger at Railing, Mothers on Boat, Man With Glasses on Boat, Social Secretary, Chauffeur, Young Man on Boat, Lawyer at Phone in Pike's Office, Mr. Clink (Purser), Wife on Boat, Party Bartender, Lady Wrestler Type, Sweetie, Old Lady on Boat, Father of Girl on Board, Piano Tuner, Professor Jones, Sparky, Passenger, Ship's Bartender.

• Directed By

   Preston Sturges.

• Produced By

   Paul Jones.

• Animated By

   Leon Schlesinger (Title Sequence).

• Written By

   Preston Sturges. (more).

• Awards:

   Academy Award Nominee, Best Writing, Original Story, Monckton Hoffe, 1941.
  National Film Registry, National Film Preservation Board, U.S.A., 1994.

• Originally Released on February 25, 1941.

• Originally Released Theatrically.

• Running Time:

   97 minutes.

• Black & White

• U.S.A.

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Cartoon Summary:

When you deal a fast shuffle... love is in the cards. Barbara Stanwyck is the conniving cardsharp, Henry Fonda the apparently gullible millionaire scientist...  (more)

Cartoon Production Information:

Live action with opening credits and title sequence animated by Leon Schlesinger (featuring an animated snake tree slithering down from a tree). Songs: "Isn't It Romantic" (Richard Rodgers and...  (more)