Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

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85 min - Comedy | Romance - 18 March 1938 (USA)

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

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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

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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 <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>

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He married in haste and repeated in pleasure!

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Comedy | Romance

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USA

Language:

English | French

Release Date:

18 March 1938 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

A Oitava Mulher do Barba Azul See more »

Filming Locations:

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

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Paramount Pictures See more »

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85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

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Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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This film was based on a French play by Alfred Savoir that was translated into English by Charlton Andrews and produced on Broadway. The New York production opened on Sept. 19, 1921 at the Ritz Theatre and ran for 155 performances. It has previously been produced as a silent film starring Gloria Swanson, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife. See more »

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Factual errors: 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 »

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Nicole de Loiselle: I wish someone would tell you what I really think of you.
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Referenced in The Holiday (2006) See more »

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"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 See more »

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