81. And the Clue festival continues-for what is Mrs. Peacock without the yelping, comically sexy Miss Scarlett to follow her? Lesley Ann Warren (who also received one solitary Oscar nod in the 1980s-this time for Victor/Victoria), is a comedic riot as the scheming, oversexed lady in red (well, actually blue-you gotta love that the costume designer put no lady in her signature color).
I literally quote this film once a week, and if I had a character I highlight the most, it would certainly be Scarlett-"Who are you, Perry Mason?", "Sure, I'll eat anything" "It's my defense mechanism" The fun in Warren's performance is that she never lets up-you can tell that this comedic glamour gal is only doing this for the shear joy of the laugh, and I continue to do that again and again.
I recommend you invest into two other gorgeous funny ladies for a film festival: the irrepressible Carole Lombard in the hilarious My Man Godfrey and the sparkling Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night.
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