Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
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| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Produced by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Written by | Charlton Andrews Charles Brackett Alfred Savoir Billy Wilder |
| Starring | Claudette Colbert Gary Cooper Edward Everett Horton David Niven |
| Music by | Werner R. Heymann Frederick Hollander |
| Cinematography | Leo Tover |
| Editing by | William Shea |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  March 23, 1938 (premiere)March 25 (wide)  May 4 August 21 December 14, 1942 |
| Running time | 80 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English / French |
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper.
Farce about a millionaire banker and his wife. She teaches him a salutary lesson.
François Truffaut has said that Miriam Hopkins was slated to star as Nicole de Loiselle.
Referenced in The Holiday (2006), according to the Internet Movie Database.
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[edit] Plot
Colbert and Cooper cavort about on the French Riviera in this farce. Cooper is the playboy who likes the journey up the aisle, but can't quite stick it out marriage-wise. After seven gos he's still hopeful and when he meets Colbert shopping for pyjamas (he for tops, she for bottoms) he thinks it's eighth time lucky. Needless to say, it's not quite that simple. Fluffy, but fun and worth watching for the great Horton as Colbert's financially embarrassed father.
[edit] 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 Asst. Hotel Manager
- Armand Cortes as Asst. Hotel Manager
- Rolfe Sedan as Floorwalker
- Lawrence Grant as Professor Urganzeff
- Lionel Pape as Monsieur Potin
- Tyler Brooke as Clerk
[edit] Quotes
- Nicole de Loiselle: "I wish someone would tell you what I really think of you."
[edit] Soundtrack
"Here Comes Cookie" by Mack Gordon Sung by Gary Cooper
