Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

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1h 25min
Comedy, Romance
25 Mar 1938 (USA)
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After learning her multi-millionaire fiancé has already been married seven times, the daughter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him.

Director:

Ernst Lubitsch

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	Claudette Colbert	...	Nicole De Loiselle
	Gary Cooper	...	Michael Brandon
	Edward Everett Horton	...	The Marquis De Loiselle
	David Niven	...	Albert De Regnier
	Elizabeth Patterson	...	Aunt Hedwige
	Herman Bing	...	Monsieur Pepinard
	Warren Hymer	...	Kid Mulligan
	Franklin Pangborn	...	Assistant Hotel Manager
	Armand Cortes	...	Assistant Hotel Manager
	Rolfe Sedan	...	Floorwalker
	Lawrence Grant	...	Prof. Urganzeff
	Lionel Pape	...	Monsieur Potin
	Tyler Brooke	...	Clerk
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Mariska Aldrich	...	Nurse at Door (uncredited)
	Leon Ames	...	Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)
	Lenore Aubert	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Eugene Borden	...	Waiter on the Stairs (uncredited)
	Barlowe Borland	...	Uncle Fernandel (uncredited)
	Marie Burton	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Gino Corrado	...	Waiter Arranging Furniture (uncredited)
	Joseph Crehan	...	American Tourist (uncredited)
	Albert D'Arno	...	Newsboy (uncredited)
	George Davis	...	Maurice - Second Porter (uncredited)
	Dorothy Dayton	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Jean De Briac	...	Waiter in the Hall (uncredited)
	Ray De Ravenne	...	Package Clerk (uncredited)
	Sayre Dearing	...	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
	Paula DeCardo	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Blanche Franke	...	Cashier (uncredited)
	Norah Gale	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Pauline Garon	...	Customer (uncredited)
	Grace Goodall	...	Nurse (uncredited)
	Sacha Guitry	...	Man Leaving Hotel in France (uncredited)
	Harriette Haddon	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Charles Halton	...	Monsieur de la Coste - Store President (uncredited)
	Chuck Hamilton	...	Male Nurse in Sanitarium (uncredited)
	Olaf Hytten	...	Store President's Valet (uncredited)
	Barbara Jackson	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Lola Jensen	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Gwen Kenyon	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Harry Lamont	...	Head Porter (uncredited)
	Sally Martin	...	Little Girl on Beach (uncredited)
	Joyce Mathews	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Harold Minjir	...	Photographer (uncredited)
	Carol Parker	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Albert Petit	...	Railway Employee (uncredited)
	John Picorri	...	Train Conductor (uncredited)
	Ruth Rogers	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Joseph Romantini	...	Headwaiter (uncredited)
	Ronald R. Rondell	...	Laughing Man in Movie Theatre (uncredited)
	Amzie Strickland	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Harry Tenbrook	...	Male Nurse in Sanitarium (uncredited)
	Jacques Vanaire	...	Barbuchet - Store Manager (uncredited)
	Michael Visaroff	...	Store Vice-President (uncredited)
	Dorothy White	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Gloria Williams	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Alex Woloshin	...	First Porter (uncredited)
	Wolfgang Zilzer	...	Book Salesman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Ernst Lubitsch

Written by

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Charles Brackett	...	(screenplay) and
Billy Wilder	...	(screenplay)

Alfred Savoir	...	(based on the play by)

Charlton Andrews	...	(English adaptation)

Produced by

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William LeBaron	...	executive producer (uncredited)
Ernst Lubitsch	...	producer

Music by

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Werner R. Heymann	...	(original music by) (as Werner Heyman)
Friedrich Hollaender	...	(original music by) (as Frederick Hollander)

Cinematography by

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Leo Tover

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Editing by

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William Shea

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Art Direction by

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Hans Dreier
Robert Usher

Set Decoration by

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A.E. Freudeman

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Costume Design by

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Travis Banton

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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Joe Lefert

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assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Milba K. Lloyd

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wax sculptress (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Don Johnson	...	sound recordist
Harry D. Mills	...	sound recordist (as Harry Mills)

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Farciot Edouart

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Eric Locke	...	chief camera operator: Europe (uncredited)
Charles Edgar Schoenbaum	...	photographer: Leo Tover fill-in during illness (uncredited)

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Eugene Joseff

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costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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John Leipold	...	orchestrator (as John M. Leipold)
Boris Morros	...	musical director
John Leipold	...	composer: additional music (uncredited)
George Parrish	...	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Adolph Zukor

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presenter

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Production Companies

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Paramount Pictures (An Ernst Lubitsch Production)

Distributors

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Paramount Pictures (1938) (United States) (theatrical) (A Paramount Picture)
Paramount Film Service (1938) (Canada) (theatrical)
Paramount British Pictures (1938) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Paramount Film Service (1938) (Australia) (theatrical)
Les Films Paramount (1938) (France) (theatrical)
Paramount Films (1938) (Belgium) (theatrical)
Paramount Filmes (1938) (Portugal) (theatrical)
Filmaktieselskabet Paramount (1938) (Denmark) (theatrical)
Film AB Paramount (1938) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Paramount-Films (1938) (Finland) (theatrical)
Filmaktieselskapet Paramount (1938) (Norway) (theatrical)
MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) (United States) (tv)
Antenne 2 (A2) (1983) (France) (tv) (subtitles)
MCA/Universal Home Video (1995) (United States) (VHS)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (DVD) (Claudette Colbert Collection)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2013) (United States) (DVD) (Universal Vault Series)
Winkler Film (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
Elephant Films (2017) (France) (DVD)
Splendor Films (2018) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (tv) (streaming)

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International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)

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Plot Summary	US multi-millionaire Michael Barndon marries his eight wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broken French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the row of his ex-wives and starts her own strategy to "tame" him. Written by Stephan Eichenberg Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	american-abroad screwball-comedy swimsuit beach museum See All (91) »
Taglines	Romantically RISQUE...Delightfully DARING...Thrill to the boudoir battle of the century when CLAUDETTE and GARY Trade Wallops Over a Pair of red Striped Pajamas (Print Ad- San Jose Evening News, ((San Jose Calif.)) 2 April 1938) See more »
Genres	Comedy Romance
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Finland:K-16 France:Tous publics (DVD rating) Germany:0 Hungary:14 Italy:T Norway:16 United Kingdom:A United Kingdom:PG (DVD) United States:Passed (National Board of Review) United States:TV-PG (TV rating) United States:Approved (certificate no. 3985)

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Also Known As	La huitième femme de Barbe-bleue (France) Blaubarts achte Frau (Germany) La octava mujer de Barba Azul (Spain) A opta nevasta a lui Barba Albastra (Romania) Blåskäggs åttonde hustru (Sweden) See more »
Runtime	85 min
Country	United States
Language	English French
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Filming Locations	Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	This was the first collaboration of director Ernst Lubitsch with writers Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. At their first production meeting, Lubitsch posed this question: "How do the boy and girl get together?". Wilder promptly suggested that the opening scene should be in the men's shop of a department store. "The boy is trying to buy a pajama," he extemporized, "but he sleeps only in the tops. He is thrifty so he insists on buying ONLY the tops. The clerk says he must buy the pants, too. It looks like a catastrophe. Then the girl comes into the shop and buys the pants because she sleeps only in the pants." Lubitsch and Brackett were enchanted with this idea. Months later, they discovered that Wilder himself was a pajama tops-only sleeper and had been contemplating this idea for months, waiting for a chance to use it in a comedy. See more »
Goofs	When Nicole shuts the door to her part of the apartment to keep Michael out, you can hear her locking it. But throughout the film there is no keyhole or lock visible on either side of her door. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in The Romcom (2018). See more »
Soundtracks	Here Comes Cookie See more »
Quotes	Nicole de Loiselle: [sarcastically] Mr. Brandon, you're terrific. You're gigantic! You're - you're breathtaking. I wish someone would tell you what I really think of you. See more »

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