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Screwball comedy reached its peak in Preston Sturges’ 1941 delight. Barbara Stanwyck glows as a card shark and con artist who falls in love with her latest mark–a naive heir to an ale fortune who prefers snakes to suds, played to perfection by Henry Fonda (who knew he could be so funny). But when Fonda’s “Hopsy” Pike discovers the racket and drops his new-found love, her vengeance proves astonishingly sweet. Set on an ocean liner and the exclusive wealthy homes of Connecticut, The Lady Eve allows us to wallow in wealth while laughing at the foolish gullibility of those born to money.