Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Produced by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Charlton Andrews (translation)
Screenplay by	Charles Brackett Billy Wilder
Based on	La huitième femme de Barbe-Bleue by Alfred Savoir
Starring	Claudette Colbert Gary Cooper Edward Everett Horton David Niven
Music by	Werner R. Heymann Frederick Hollander
Cinematography	Leo Tover
Edited by	William Shea
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	March 23, 1938 (1938-03-23) (USA)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 American romantic comedy film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper. The film is based on the French play, La huitième femme de Barbe-Bleue, by Alfred Savoir and the English translation of the play by Charlton Andrews. The screenplay was written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder.^[1]^[2] The story is a farce about a millionaire banker and his wife. She teaches him a beneficial lesson.

The 1938 film was the year's 15th box-office success.^[3]

It is a remake of the 1923 silent version directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson.^[4]

Cast

Claudette Colbert as Nicole de Loiselle
Gary Cooper as Michael Brandon
Edward Everett Horton as Marquis de Loiselle
David Niven as Albert De Regnier
Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Hedwige
Herman Bing as Monsieur Pepinard, The Detective
Warren Hymer as Kid Mulligan, The Boxer
Franklin Pangborn as Assistant Hotel Manager
Armand Cortes as Assistant Hotel Manager
Rolfe Sedan as Floorwalker
Lawrence Grant as Professor Urganzeff
Lionel Pape as Monsieur Potin
Tyler Brooke as Clerk
Leon Ames as Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)
Charles Halton

Music

"Here Comes Cookie" by Mack Gordon Sung by Gary Cooper

References

↑ Eyman, Scott (2000). Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise. JHU Press. p. 385. ISBN 0-801-86558-1.
↑ eMoviePoster.com
↑ "Claudette Colbert Movies". Ultimate Movie Rankings. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
↑ ATAS/UCLA Television Archives. Study Collection (1981). ATAS-UCLA Television Archives Catalog: Holdings in the Study Collection of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences University of California, Los Angeles, Television Archives. Taylor & Francis US. p. 9. ISBN 0-913-17869-1.

External links

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife at the Internet Movie Database
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife at AllMovie
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife at the TCM Movie Database
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife at Rotten Tomatoes

Films directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Feature films	Shoe Palace Pinkus (1916) When Four Do the Same (1917) Die Augen der Mumie Ma (1918) Carmen (1918) Intoxication (1919) The Doll (1919) My Wife, the Movie Star (1919) The Oyster Princess (1919) Meyer from Berlin (1919) Madame DuBarry (1919) Sumurun (1920) Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920) Anna Boleyn (1920) The Wild Cat (1921) The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) The Flame (1923) Rosita (1923) The Marriage Circle (1924) Three Women (1924) Forbidden Paradise (1924) Kiss Me Again (1925) Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) So This Is Paris (1926) The Honeymoon Express (1926) The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) The Patriot (1928) Eternal Love (1929) The Love Parade (1929) Monte Carlo (1930) Paramount on Parade (co-director) (1930) The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) Broken Lullaby (1932) One Hour with You (1932) Trouble in Paradise (1932) Design for Living (1933) The Merry Widow (1934) Angel (1937) Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) Ninotchka (1939) The Shop Around the Corner (1940) That Uncertain Feeling (1941) To Be or Not to Be (1942) Heaven Can Wait (1943) A Royal Scandal (1945) Cluny Brown (1946) That Lady in Ermine (1948)

Short films	I Don't Want to Be a Man Kohlhiesels Töchter If I Had a Million (segment "The Clerk")

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