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Trouble in Paradise
Why this pick
Its immaculate con-game romance, sophisticated setting, and effortless shifts between seduction and deception make a particularly close companion to The Lady Eve.
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MOVIE1941 1h 34m USA
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The Palm Beach Story
Why this pick
Another Preston Sturges whirlwind: wealthy eccentrics, romantic misunderstandings, and jokes delivered with the same buoyant, screwball precision.
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Design for Living
Why this pick
A sparkling, pre-Code romantic comedy with elegant innuendo, mischievous characters, and a sophisticated refusal to make love or loyalty simple.
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The Awful Truth
Why this pick
It shares The Lady Eve’s polished social chaos, romantic gamesmanship, and delight in watching poised people improvise their way through embarrassment.
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My Man Godfrey
Why this pick
The class reversals and combative courtship echo The Lady Eve, while Carole Lombard gives its farcical high society a wonderfully unruly energy.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A trio of classy card sharks targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, until one of them falls in love with him.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Henry Fonda
Charles Pike
William Demarest
Muggsy
Melville Cooper
Gerald
Bess Flowers
Party Guest
Barbara Stanwyck
Jean Harrington
Charles Coburn
'Colonel' Harrington