 In A Scandal in Bohemia, Adler bests Holmes, perhaps the only woman to do so.Langtry is used as a touchstone for old-fashioned manners in Preston Sturges's comedy "The Lady Eve" (1941), in a scene where a corpulent woman drops a handkerchief on the floor and the hero ignores it.Jean (Barbara Stanwyck) begins to describe, comment, and anticipate the events that we see reflected in her hand mirror.