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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

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Millionaire Michael Brandon (Gary Cooper) becomes smitten with French mademoiselle Nicole de Loiselle (Claudette Colbert) while vacationing on the Riviera. Michael asks her father, the titled but destitute Marquis de Loiselle (Edward Everett Horton), for his daughter's hand, but Nicole balks when she learns that the mercurial millionaire has already been married and divorced seven times. With the help of her platonic friend, Albert (David Niven), Nicole endeavors to change Michael's ways.

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Otis Ferguson The New Republic 05/08/2024
The whole idea is so (1) absurdly fake, or (2) inherently morbid, or (3) both, that laughter at antics becomes more uneasy, strained and flat as the thing runs on. In the end it is hard to remember laughing even when the comedy was most bright and clever. Go to Full Review Time Out 06/24/2006
A sporadically funny, somewhat contrived comedy. Go to Full Review Frank S. Nugent New York Times 03/25/2006
2.5/5
Although it's not a bad comedy by our current depressed standards, it has the dickens of a time trying to pass off Gary Cooper as a multi-marrying millionaire. Go to Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia Apr 8
5/10
A screwball comedy that, despite the chemistry between Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert, has a narrative that becomes particularly banal beneath the supposed "sophistication" of Lubitsch's ironic dialogue. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Jan 3
8/10
In the world of Lubitsch’s love stories, contention can be quite alluring. Go to Full Review Serge Daney Cahiers du Cinéma 10/03/2023
Lubitsch has rarely come so close to zaniness... Made by a man who is confident about himself and his merchandise, the film is no longer about focusing on a flame that consumes itself, but of gathering up, here and there, left and right, the sparks. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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David K @RT61474040 Mar 25 It's all about the chemistry, or lack thereof. See more Michael G @Dobbsy11 Jan 3 Power imbalance comedy way ahead of its time in the zaniest way possible. See more Jason R @RT07709094 Oct 6 an oddball film but worth a watch, at least once as it has it's moments. See more Steve D @RT35616104 05/18/2023 Oddball but quite fun. See more Thomas M @TMProofreader 01/27/2019 The best comedy movie ever made! See more 07/16/2016 A strangely vicious film that's difficult to like, which is quite disappointing given the pedigree of the names surrounding it (Lubitsch, Wilder/Brackett, Colbert, Cooper). It's sporadically funny, but a bit uncomfortable and tonally confused. See more Read all reviews
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Ernst Lubitsch

Director

Claudette Colbert

Nicole de Loiselle

Gary Cooper

Michael Brandon

Edward Everett Horton

Marquis de Loiselle

David Niven

Albert De Regnier

Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Hedwige

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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

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Synopsis Millionaire Michael Brandon (Gary Cooper) becomes smitten with French mademoiselle Nicole de Loiselle (Claudette Colbert) while vacationing on the Riviera. Michael asks her father, the titled but destitute Marquis de Loiselle (Edward Everett Horton), for his daughter's hand, but Nicole balks when she learns that the mercurial millionaire has already been married and divorced seven times. With the help of her platonic friend, Albert (David Niven), Nicole endeavors to change Michael's ways.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Producer
Ernst Lubitsch
Screenwriter
Charlton Andrews, Charles Brackett, Alfred Savoir, Billy Wilder
Distributor
Paramount Pictures, MCA/Universal Pictures [us]
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 23, 1938, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 3, 2009
Runtime
1h 25m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Mono
Aspect Ratio
35mm, Flat (1.37:1)