The Lady Eve (1941)
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033804/]
The Gist:
All I have to say is that it's a good thing Henry Fonda has such a screen presence because his character was seriously underwritten. The movie works because of Henry Fonda, and if someone else played the part the character would have been hopelessly unlikable from my standpoint. This coming from a film that, in and of itself, is incredibly well written for classic hollywood. It's penned and directed by previous film karma favorite "Sullivan's Travels," and manages to blend high brow and low brow rather seamlessly. In the end, I laughed out loud on several occasions (which I don't tend to do), and loved Barbara Stanwyck's character immensely.
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