It Started with Eve

It Started with Eve is a 1941 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, and Charles Laughton. Based on a story by Hanns Krly, the film is about a man whose dying father wants to meet his sons new fiance, but she is unavailable, so he substitutes a hatcheck girl. Complications arise when the father unexpectedly recovers. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Music Score Charles Previn and Hans J. Salter. The film is considered by some critics to be Durbins best film, and the last in which she worked with the producer Joe Pasternak and director Henry Koster that groomed her for stardom. It Started with Eve was remade in 1964 as Id Rather Be Rich.

In his review in The New York Times, Bosley Crowther called the film light and unpretentious fare and should pleaseas they sayboth young and old. Its the perfect 8to80 picture. Crowther singled out the performances of Charles Laughton, who plays cupid, and Deanna Durbin. Crowther wroteHenry Koster, who directed the picture and has directed most of Miss Durbins better films, certainly knew how to get the best out of Mr. Laughton, that man of great renown. For this is one of the sharpest performances the old boy has given in years ... Mr. Laughton plays with flavor, mischief, humor and great inventiveness. He knows how an old man would behaveand he never carries it too far. Under a perfect makeup, youd hardly know it was Mr. Laughtonwhich is saying a lot. ........

Source: Wikipedia