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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

1938, Ernst Lubitsch

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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 Paramount Pictures American romantic comedy film directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper. The film is based on the 1921 French play La huitième femme de Barbe-Bleue by Alfred Savoir and the English translation of the play by Charlton Andrews. The screenplay was the first of many collaborations between Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. The film is a remake of the 1923 silent version directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson.

The film was 1938's 21st-highest box-office success.

On the French Riviera, wealthy businessman Michael Brandon wants to buy pajamas, but just the tops. When the store refuses to sell the pajamas without the pants, an attractive woman named Nicole offers to buy the bottoms.

If you like Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, you might also like 1930s American Films, Films Set On The French Riviera, Paramount Pictures Films, and 1930s Screwball Comedy Films.

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