It Started with Eve (1941) | |
| Director(s) | Henry Koster |
| Producer(s) | Joe Pasternak |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Romance (Comic) |
Featured Cast:
It Started with Eve Overview:
It Started with Eve (1941) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Henry Koster and produced by Joe Pasternak.
Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Scoring | Hans Salter, Charles Previn | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
It Started With Eve (1941)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 30, 2018 From 4 Star FilmsWe enter a newsroom that feels like it could be ripped out of His Girl Friday (1940). The editor is lining up his copy for the following?day with a big front-page spread on the renowned millionaire Jonathan Reynolds (Charles Laughton). They just need him to die and they can print it. Of course, at t... Read full article
Screening of "It Started with Eve" June 9 at Daystar Center
By Stephen Reginald on May 30, 2018 From Classic Movie ManScreening of "It Started with Eve" June 9 at Daystar Center It Started with Eve (1941) Where: Daystar Center, 1550 S. State Street When: June 9, 2018 Time: 6:45 p.m. Hosted by Stephen Reginald It Started with Eve (1941) is a romantic comedy starring Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, and Ro... Read full article
Durbin and Laughton have a ball in... It Started with Eve (1941)
By Michaela on Jan 31, 2016 From Love Letters to Old HollywoodA newspaper editor gleefully awaits the big news of the death of billionaire Jonathan Reynolds (Charles Laughton), a story that is sure to feed the paper for weeks. While he impatiently grumbles about the old man delaying the inevitable, in a dark, quiet mansion, the great Mr. Reynolds lies on his d... Read full article
It Started With Eve
By Michele on Nov 10, 2014 From Timeless HollywoodI became a Deanna Durbin fan after I saw It Started with Eve on TCM. It?s also my favorite movie of hers. It also stars Charles Laughton and Robert Cummings. Jonathan Reynolds Sr. (Charles Laughton) is in his big bed in his large posh home sick and dying. Before he dies he wants to meet his son?s (R... Read full article
See all It Started with Eve articles
Quotes from
Jonathan Reynolds Jr.: If you hear something snap, don't turn around - it'll be your neck.
[Doctor Harvey disposes of Jonathan Sr.'s forbidden cigar]
Jonathan Reynolds: Hey, that's a two-dollar cigar!
Dr. Harvey: Where'd you get it?
Anne Terry: Don't look at me - I smoke a pipe.
[a waiter brings Jonathan Sr. an enormous, fruit-fillled cocktail]
Anne Terry: What's that?
Jonathan Reynolds: It's a Reynolds Special.
Anne Terry: Oh, but you shouldn't be... what's in it?
Jonathan Reynolds: Oh, oh, nothing but, ah, coconut milk and, ah, vegetable juices. Doctor Harvey orders it for me. It's horrible.
Anne Terry: Then why do you drink it.
Jonathan Reynolds: It reminds me of Doctor Harvey and make me hate him and when I hate him, I feel good.
read more quotes from It Started with Eve...
Facts about
Of Deanna Durbin's 21 features released between 1936 and 1948, only this film opened at Manhattan's famed Radio City Music Hall, starting October 2, 1941.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onNovember 20, 1944 with Charles Laughton reprising his film role.
read more facts about It Started with Eve...
