Everything That Dies, Some Day Comes Back

Of all the great Preston Sturges film comedies this is my favourite by some distance.  It's simply perfect, and any list of great romantic comedies without this at or at least near the top is not worth your time.  Henry Fonda is perfectly cast as the unworldly and bookish Charles Pike, son of a wealthy beer baron, ably supported by a stellar supporting cast.   We have Charles Coburn as the conman "Colonel" Harrington, Melville Cooper as his aide Gerald, William Demarest as Charles' minder Muggsy, Eugene Pallette as Charles' father, and best of all Eric Blore as a conman pretending to b e an English aristocrat, Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith. But the person who lifts this film to classic status is the great Barbara Stanwyck as Jean Harrington, daughter of the Colonel.   She is totally convincing as the con artist who can twist Charles around her little finger whilst also falling for him, as he does for her.   The scene when he rejects her after discove...