Later, an English Lady who looks suspiciously like a certain con artist marries him for revenge. She avoids sleeping with him on the wedding night by giving him her full "history of lovers". Suffice to say it's a lot for an upper-class lady of her standing. Charles, horrified, gets off the train and refuses to speak to her - even to arrange a lawyer-free divorce. A man this stupid deserves to get conned, but somehow he ends up ahead. If he really were the card player he thinks himself to be, you'd do everything you could to play with him, because someone this delusional is just giving money away. Even if he beats you, he'll feel bad and try to give it back.
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, and Eugene Pallette
Written by: Preston Sturges and Monckton Hoffe
Directed by: Preston Sturges
NR, 97 min, 1941, USA
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[1] Back then it was commonplace for alcoholic beverages to win sporting events. In fact, Sam Adams Summer Ale won a national championship for Harvard.
[2] She's decided not to hustle the man she loves, which is a good thing to look for in a potential wife. He doesn't seem to realize the value of this virtue, hence the revenge later in the film.
Article comments
1 - -E
So, did you enjoy watching the film?
2 - Lucas McNelly
yeah, this isn't my best effort, i fear.
3 - Emma
yah, had 2 watch it in drama class