Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | |
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Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
Produced by | Ernst Lubitsch |
Written by | Charles Brackett 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 directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper.
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[edit] Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
U.S. 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.
[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
[edit] Trivia
- François Truffaut has said that Miriam Hopkins was slated to star as Nicole de Loiselle.
[edit] Quotes
- Nicole de Loiselle: I wish someone would tell you what I really think of you.