Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

The daughter of a penniless marquis teaches her multi-millionaire fiancé a lesson, after learning he has had 7 previous wives.

Director:

Ernst Lubitsch

Writers:

Charles Brackett (screenplay), Billy Wilder (screenplay),

Stars:

Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton

Cast

Complete credited cast:
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	...	Professor Urganzeff
Lionel Pape	...	Monsieur Potin
Tyler Brooke	...	Clerk

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

swimming | nervous breakdown | sanitarium | france | honeymoon | 

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Taglines:

He married in haste and repeated in pleasure!

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

18 March 1938 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Oitava Esposa de Barba-Azul

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 14, 1947 with Claudette Colbert reprising her film role.

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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.

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Quotes

Nicole de Loiselle: I wish someone would tell you what I really think of you.

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Connections

Referenced in The Holiday (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Minuet"
(uncredited)
from "Quintetto per archi E major, Op.11-5 (G.275)"
Composed by Luigi Boccherini
In the score when Brandon sees the Louis XIV bathtub

User Reviews

yes - a misfire

I have to agree with other reviews I've seen of this movie - despite some funny scenes and good lines, as a whole it just doesn't get off the ground, and Gary Cooper is wrong in the role of the much-married millionaire. Having said that, I love the scene where Claudette Colbert's character, talking about her financial difficulties, says: "Have you ever had a waiter look at you with untipped eyes? And when I ask the elevator boy for the fourth floor, he says 'Yes, Madame' and takes a detour through the basement." A small detail: in one scene Colbert is looking at a book called "Live Alone and Like It" which was an actual best-seller at the time.