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-->'''Pearlie:''' The chumps? Oh, my dear fellow, with a name like Sir Alfred Mc Glennan-Keith, one doesn't have to *meet* them -- one fights them off with sticks.
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-->'''Pearlie:''' The chumps? Oh, my dear fellow, with a name like Sir Alfred Mc Glennan-Keith, [=McGlennan-Keith=], one doesn't have to *meet* them -- one fights them off with sticks.
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* OnceAnEpisode: This was Sturges' second film as director, and like ''Film/TheGreatMcginty'' it ends with William Demarest delivering the punchline.
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* OnceAnEpisode: This was Sturges' second third film as director, and like ''Film/TheGreatMcginty'' and ''Film/ChristmasInJuly'', it ends with William Demarest delivering the punchline.
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''The Lady Eve'' is a 1941 film written and directed by Creator/PrestonSturges, often considered to be one of the most iconic ScrewballComedy movies from the genre's golden age. It stars Creator/BarbaraStanwyck and Creator/HenryFonda, with appearances by Charles Coburn, William Demarest, and Eugene Pallette.
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''The Lady Eve'' is a 1941 film written and directed by Creator/PrestonSturges, often considered to be one of the most iconic ScrewballComedy movies from the genre's golden age. It stars Creator/BarbaraStanwyck and Creator/HenryFonda, with appearances by Charles Coburn, William Demarest, Creator/CharlesCoburn, Creator/WilliamDemarest, and Eugene Pallette.
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* ObfustcatingStupidity: Harry as "Colonel Harrington" and Jean gasp in awe when Charles demonstrates a card trick and "teaches" them how to palm things.
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* ObfustcatingStupidity: ObfuscatingStupidity: Harry as "Colonel Harrington" and Jean gasp in awe when Charles demonstrates a card trick and "teaches" them how to palm things.
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* ObfustcatingStupidity: Harry as "Colonel Harrington" and Jean gasp in awe when Charles demonstrates a card trick and "teaches" them how to palm things.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Even Jean calls her fathery "Harry."
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* ParentsAsPeople: Harry is an unrepentant con man who refuses to leave Charles alone even when Jean begs him to, but he cares about her a great deal and comforts her after Charles dumps her.
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* SilentTreatment: After finding out that Jean is a card sharp, Charles spends much of the ensuing conversation saying nothing at all as she tries to explain herself.
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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Jean tells Charles that she was going to tell him the truth, she was only waiting till they were ashore to protect her father and their partner in crime.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Charles is earnestly pouring his heart out to "Eve" during a country ride, his horse keeps nudging him in the head.
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-> ''"You know you shouldn't draw to an inside straight."''
-->-- '''Colonel Harrington''' to his broken hearted daughter
A 1941 ScrewballComedy by Creator/PrestonSturges.
Jean Harrington (Creator/BarbaraStanwyck) and her dad (Charles Coburn) are [[ConMan Con Men]] who set their sights on rich and not overly bright heir Charles Pike (Creator/HenryFonda) while on the same cruise ship. Much to her surprise, Jean falls for the {{Adorkable}} Charles, but before she can tell him who she is, his manservant outs her as a con. Naturally, Charles dumps her, and Jean decides to pull a con on him as "The Lady Eve" to really screw with him...
-->-- '''Colonel Harrington''' to his broken hearted daughter
A 1941 ScrewballComedy by Creator/PrestonSturges.
Jean Harrington (Creator/BarbaraStanwyck) and her dad (Charles Coburn) are [[ConMan Con Men]] who set their sights on rich and not overly bright heir Charles Pike (Creator/HenryFonda) while on the same cruise ship. Much to her surprise, Jean falls for the {{Adorkable}} Charles, but before she can tell him who she is, his manservant outs her as a con. Naturally, Charles dumps her, and Jean decides to pull a con on him as "The Lady Eve" to really screw with him...
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Jean
On a cruise full of wealthy tourists, the {{con|man}}ning Mr. Harrington
HilarityEnsues.
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* GeniusDitz: Charles, a snake expert, is surprisingly clueless enough to fall for Jean's terrible disguise.
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* [[CuteClumsyGirl Cute Clumsy Boy]]: Charles. He has ''five'' pratfalls over the course of the movie (two at the same party).
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* [[CuteClumsyGirl Cute Clumsy Boy]]: Charles. He CrushBlush: Jean's father notices that Jean has ''five'' pratfalls over the course of the movie (two at the same party).been walking around with one and believes that it's down to her growing relationship with Charles.
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* DivorceInReno: Suggested as the way for Charles to get out of his marriage to "Eve".
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Jean is is rather frightened of Charles' ... snake.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Jean is is rather frightened of Charles' ... snake.
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* DivorceInReno: Suggested as the way for to Charles by divorce lawyers to get out of his marriage to "Eve".
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Jean isis rather frightened of Charles' ... snake.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Jean is
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* TheKlutz: Charles. He has ''five'' pratfalls over the course of the movie (two at the same party).
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Jean is is rather frightened of Charles'...snake.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Jean is is rather frightened of Charles'...Charles' ... snake.
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* GutturalGrowler: Features two of classic Hollywood's greatest examples of this trope--William Demarest (Muggsy) and Eugene Pallette (Horace Pike).
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* GutturalGrowler: Features two of classic Hollywood's greatest examples of this trope--William trope -- William Demarest (Muggsy) and Eugene Pallette (Horace Pike).
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* OneBornEveryMinute: Jean describes her love for Charles as "I need him like the "the ax needs the turkey."
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jean freaks out when Charles shows her his snake.
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* WildlifeCommentarySpoof: Jean does a running commentary on smitten women trying to get Charles' attention at the ship's nightclub suite as she watches them through her mirror.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jean freaks out when Charles shows her hissnake.snake Emma.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jean freaks out when Charles shows her his
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* HiddenInPlainSight: Jean's gambit as "Lady Eve." Muggsy immediately pegs her as the same person, but Charles overthinks it and decides that Jean would at ''least'' dye her hair, and certainly wouldn't agree when he said she looked familiar.
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* OnceAnEpisode: This was Sturges' second film as director, and like ''Film/TheGreatMcginty'' it ends with William Demarest delivering the punchline.
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* GutturalGrowler: Features two of classic Hollywood's greatest examples of this trope--William Demarest (Muggsy) and Eugene Pallette (Horace Pike).
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* SecondActBreakup: During the InternalReveal, Charles learns of Jean's true nature and breaks up with her.
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* TheRoper: Jean's part in the gambling con is to lure rich men into playing high stakes card games with her CardSharp father.
* SecondActBreakup: During the InternalReveal, Charles learns of Jean's [[TheRoper truenature nature]] and breaks up with her.
* SecondActBreakup: During the InternalReveal, Charles learns of Jean's [[TheRoper true
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Harrington''' to his broken hearted daughter
* FourthDateMarriage: Charles is quick on his decision. He proposes to Jean after a couple of dates on the boat. Later he proposes to Eve after seeing her for a couple of weeks.
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* LadykillerInLove: GenderInverted. Jean used her sex appeal to lure rich men into the gambling trap. Then she falls InLoveWithTheMark.
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* LadykillerInLove: GenderInverted. Jean used her sex appeal to lure rich men into the gambling trap. Then But then she falls InLoveWithTheMark.
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* AdamAndOrEve: Played for Laughs on the idea of Eve as a seductress, even including the image of an apple with a bite taken out of it on the movie poster and in the AnimatedCreditsOpening.
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-> ''"You know you shouldn't draw to an inside straight."''
-->-- '''Colonel Harrington'''
-->-- '''Colonel Harrington'''
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* CrashIntoHello: Jean trips Charles -- [[InvokedTrope deliberately]].
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Invoked. Eve gets entangled in more and more of her past love affairs, much to Charles dismay.
* LadykillerInLove: GenderInverted. Jean used her sex appeal to lure rich men into the gambling trap. Then she falls InLoveWithTheMark.
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* SecondActBreakup: During the InternalReveal, Charles learns of Jean's true nature and breaks up with her.
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* TallDarkAndHandsome: Charles, as described by Eve.
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* ForgottenTrope: It is suggested that "Eve" go to Reno to get a divorce from Charles.
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* DivorceInReno: Suggested as the way for Charles to get out of his marriage to "Eve".
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* SomethingElseAlsoRises
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* SomethingElseAlsoRisesSomethingElseAlsoRises: The elevator-floor indicator on the boat is used for Henry Fonda.
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OperaGloves: "Eve" is very stylish.
*ProfessionalGamblerProfessionalGambler: The Harringtons are this.
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Jean Harrington (Creator/BarbaraStanwyck) and her dad (Charles Coburn) are [[ConMan Con Men]] who set their sights on rich heir Charles Pike (Creator/HenryFonda) while on the same cruise ship. Much to her surprise, Jean falls for the {{Adorkable}} Charles, but before she can tell him who she is, his manservant outs her as a con. Naturally, Charles dumps her, and Jean decides to pull a con on him as "The Lady Eve" to really screw with him...
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Jean Harrington (Creator/BarbaraStanwyck) and her dad (Charles Coburn) are [[ConMan Con Men]] who set their sights on rich and not overly bright heir Charles Pike (Creator/HenryFonda) while on the same cruise ship. Much to her surprise, Jean falls for the {{Adorkable}} Charles, but before she can tell him who she is, his manservant outs her as a con. Naturally, Charles dumps her, and Jean decides to pull a con on him as "The Lady Eve" to really screw with him...
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* AnimatedCreditsOpening
AnimatedCreditsOpening: With a snake coiling itself around some apples.
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BareYourMidriff: The rather daring cocktail dress that Jean wears out to dinner on the boat.
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* ForgottenTrope: It is suggested that "Eve" go to Reno to get a divorce from Charles.
* InLoveWithTheMark: Happens to Jean, and then again when Jean as "Eve" worms her way back into Charles's arms.
* InLoveWithTheMark: Happens to Jean, and then again when Jean as "Eve" worms her way back into Charles's arms.
* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: "Eve" really plays this to the hilt in order to sound more British.
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* WeddingDayTitleDrop: How Jean-as-Eve is announced at the Pike residence.
* WeddingDay: "Eve" marries Charles.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jean freaks out when Charles shows her his snake.
* WeddingDay: "Eve" marries Charles.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jean freaks out when Charles shows her his snake.
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Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) and her dad are [[ConMan Con Men]] who set their sights on rich heir Charles Pike (HenryFonda) while on the same cruise ship. Much to her surprise, Jean falls for the {{Adorkable}} Charles, but before she can tell him who she is, his manservant outs her as a con. Naturally, Charles dumps her, and Jean decides to pull a con on him as "The Lady Eve" to really screw with him...
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Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) (Creator/BarbaraStanwyck) and her dad (Charles Coburn) are [[ConMan Con Men]] who set their sights on rich heir Charles Pike (HenryFonda) (Creator/HenryFonda) while on the same cruise ship. Much to her surprise, Jean falls for the {{Adorkable}} Charles, but before she can tell him who she is, his manservant outs her as a con. Naturally, Charles dumps her, and Jean decides to pull a con on him as "The Lady Eve" to really screw with him...
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: "Lady Eve" is supposed to be English and have only arrived in North America three days ago!
** She actually does attempt an English accent, it's just not very good. The Pikes and their friends are impressed enough with her title and charm that it was fairly easy to fool them.
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A 1941 ScrewballComedy by Creator/PrestonSturges.
Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) and her dad are [[ConMan Con Men]] who set their sights on rich heir Charles Pike (HenryFonda) while on the same cruise ship. Much to her surprise, Jean falls for the {{Adorkable}} Charles, but before she can tell him who she is, his manservant outs her as a con. Naturally, Charles dumps her, and Jean decides to pull a con on him as "The Lady Eve" to really screw with him...
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* AnimatedCreditsOpening
* BareYourMidriff
* CardSharp
* TheCon
* [[CuteClumsyGirl Cute Clumsy Boy]]: Charles. He has ''five'' pratfalls over the course of the movie (two at the same party).
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Jean is is rather frightened of Charles'...snake.
* FakeTwinGambit: Jean is supposedly Lady Eve's illegitimate half-sister.
* InsistentTerminology: It's ale, not beer.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Twice over, first as Jean and then as Eve.
* MeetCute: Jean trips Charles -- deliberately.
* NamesToTrustImmediately: Pearlie's alias, Sir Alfred Mc Glennan-Keith, R.F.D., as he explains to the Colonel:
-->'''Colonel:''' But how do you meet them?
-->'''Pearlie:''' The chumps? Oh, my dear fellow, with a name like Sir Alfred Mc Glennan-Keith, one doesn't have to *meet* them -- one fights them off with sticks.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: "Lady Eve" is supposed to be English and have only arrived in North America three days ago!
* NouveauRiche: The Pike family. Horace Pike retains his blue-collar tastes even after making a fortune in brewing.
* OneBornEveryMinute: Jean describes her love for Charles as "I need him like the ax needs the turkey."
* OperaGloves
* ProfessionalGambler
* ProperlyParanoid: Muggsy, on Charles' behalf.
* ReallyGetsAround: "Eve" reveals this to Charles on the honeymoon night. He is not thrilled.
* SomethingElseAlsoRises
* WeddingDay
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A 1941 ScrewballComedy by Creator/PrestonSturges.
Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) and her dad are [[ConMan Con Men]] who set their sights on rich heir Charles Pike (HenryFonda) while on the same cruise ship. Much to her surprise, Jean falls for the {{Adorkable}} Charles, but before she can tell him who she is, his manservant outs her as a con. Naturally, Charles dumps her, and Jean decides to pull a con on him as "The Lady Eve" to really screw with him...
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* AnimatedCreditsOpening
* BareYourMidriff
* CardSharp
* TheCon
* [[CuteClumsyGirl Cute Clumsy Boy]]: Charles. He has ''five'' pratfalls over the course of the movie (two at the same party).
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Jean is is rather frightened of Charles'...snake.
* FakeTwinGambit: Jean is supposedly Lady Eve's illegitimate half-sister.
* InsistentTerminology: It's ale, not beer.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Twice over, first as Jean and then as Eve.
* MeetCute: Jean trips Charles -- deliberately.
* NamesToTrustImmediately: Pearlie's alias, Sir Alfred Mc Glennan-Keith, R.F.D., as he explains to the Colonel:
-->'''Colonel:''' But how do you meet them?
-->'''Pearlie:''' The chumps? Oh, my dear fellow, with a name like Sir Alfred Mc Glennan-Keith, one doesn't have to *meet* them -- one fights them off with sticks.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: "Lady Eve" is supposed to be English and have only arrived in North America three days ago!
* NouveauRiche: The Pike family. Horace Pike retains his blue-collar tastes even after making a fortune in brewing.
* OneBornEveryMinute: Jean describes her love for Charles as "I need him like the ax needs the turkey."
* OperaGloves
* ProfessionalGambler
* ProperlyParanoid: Muggsy, on Charles' behalf.
* ReallyGetsAround: "Eve" reveals this to Charles on the honeymoon night. He is not thrilled.
* SomethingElseAlsoRises
* WeddingDay
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