Date: 2010-11-18
Film Series: Conniving Dames and the Men Who Love Them
7pm – Discussion Leader: Dr. Claudia Springer, Assistant Professor of English & Film Studies, Framingham State University. Scheming dames are among the most popular and thrilling of screen archetypes. This mini-series looks at two comedies with smart, funny women facing tough times who go after wealthy men with a vengeance. Their courtships unleash their wit, and prove that women in classical Hollywood films are not always docile. “The Lady Eve” (1941) 94 minutesA beautiful con artist (Barbara Stanwyck) finds herself onboard an ocean liner with a naive young man (Henry Fonda) who studies snakes and happens to be a millionaire. She wins him over but pays a price for her scams. What she needs is an audacious new plan. Refreshments.Framingham Public Library, Costin Room, 49 Lexington Street.
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