![]() ![]() Director Frank Capra took full advantage of his stars' contrasts by letting their natural personalities and differences play out on screen. Stanwyck was 5'3," came from Brooklyn, and never lost the clipped cadences of her native New York. Cooper was 6'3," came from Montana, and spoke - when he spoke at all - in the quiet, flat tones of the upper Plains. The tiny, quirky-looking, and aggressive Stanwyck was more than a match for the tall, pretty and passive Fonda, and despite not earning an Academy Award nomination, Stanwyck's work in "The Lady Eve" ranks as perhaps her greatest comedic performance of them all."Meet John Doe" paired Stanwyck with yet another ridiculously tall, good looking leading man in Gary Cooper. The comedy's absurd premise remains grounded in reality, thanks to Stanwyck, who demands the audience's sympathy despite her scheming. After a misunderstanding causes them to split, she impersonates a wealthy English aristocrat to get back at him. In "The Lady Eve" Stanwyck played con artist who seduces the wealthy but unsophisticated Henry Fonda.
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