Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 romantic screwball comedy film starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper, noted for its witty dialogue and sophisticated style.

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instanceOf film
screwball comedy film
artDirector Ernst Fegté
Hans Dreier
basedOn Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (French play by Alfred Savoir)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (play)
cinematography Leo Tover
costumeDesigner Travis Banton
countryOfOrigin United States
director Ernst Lubitsch
distributor Paramount Pictures
editor William Shea
filmingLocation California
format black-and-white film
genre romantic comedy
screwball comedy
hasCastMember Franklin Pangborn
Herman Bing
Warren Hymer
hasTheme independence of women
marriage
wealth and class differences
language English
mainCharacter Michael Brandon
Nicole de Loiselle
musicBy Frederick Hollander
narrativeFocus battle of the sexes
notableFor sophisticated style
witty dialogue
originalLanguage English
partOf Hollywood Golden Age screwball comedies
plotSummary A wealthy American businessman with multiple previous marriages weds a Frenchwoman who schemes to reform him and assert her independence.
producer Ernst Lubitsch
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
releaseDate 1938-03-25
releaseYear 1938
runtimeMinutes 80
screenplayStyle rapid-fire dialogue
screenwriter Billy Wilder
Charles Brackett
setting French Riviera
starring Claudette Colbert
David Niven
Edward Everett Horton
Elizabeth Patterson
Gary Cooper
timePeriodOfSetting 1930s

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Ernst Lubitsch directed Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife basedOn Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (play)
linked to: Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Hanns Kräly notableWork Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife
linked to: Bluebeard's Eighth Wife