The Lady Herself

It seems only right and proper that in my first post I should explain my motivation and inspiration for the moniker of this blog. The Lady Eve (1941, Dir: Preston Sturgess) has to be one of my favourite films of all time. Screwball comedies are such an eternal delight to me, then add to the mix the delectable and feisty Barbara Stanwyck and the gloriously innocent Henry Fonda, cruise ships, snakes, comedic moments with a horse, an English aristocratic alter ego, a chequered past, Mugsy ("Absolutely, positively the same dame!") ... Oh, I could go on and on!

Basically all these elements come together to form what is, for me, an almost entirely perfect film. So for a dame who loves the movies, there was really no other choice!

So I hope to write about the films I love, the films I hate, from mainstream popcorn movies to black and whites to foreign films and I hope you will share some of your favourites too!