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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

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Movie Info

The great Ernst Lubitsch directed this farce (written by Charles M. Brackett and Billy Wilder) about a free-wheeling millionaire, Michael Brandon (Gary Cooper), who enjoys getting married but has a hard time staying married: he's had seven wives and is looking for number eight. He thinks he may have found her in the person of Nicole de Loiselle (Claudette Colbert), whom he meets in a shop on the French Riviera. Unfortunately for Michael, Nicole doesn't like him very much and keeps rebuffing his

Unrated, 1 hr. 20 min.

Comedy, Romance

Directed By: Ernst Lubitsch

In Theaters: Mar 25, 1938 Wide

On DVD: Mar 28, 1995

Cast

Claudette Colbert
Nicole de Loiselle
Gary Cooper
Michael Brandon
Edward Everett Horton
Marquis de Loiselle
David Niven
Albert De Regnier
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Hedwige
Franklin Pangborn
Asst. Hotel Manager
Herman Bing
Monsieur Pepinard
Rolfe Sedan
Floorwalker
Lawrence Grant
Prof. Urganzeff
Lionel Pape
Monsieur Potin
Tyler Brooke
Clerk
Tom Ricketts
Uncle Andre
Barlowe Borland
Uncle Fernandel
Charles Halton
Monsieur de la Coste
Leon Ames
Ex-Chauffeur
Hooper Atchley
Excited passenger
Paul Bryar
Radio announcer
Gino Corrado
Waiter Who Carries
Armand Cortes
Asst. Hotel Manager
Joseph Crehan
American tourist
Sheila Darcy
Maid
Ellen Drew
Secretary
Pauline Garon
Customer
Grace Goodall
Nurse
Warren Hymer
Kid Mulligan
Olaf Hytten
Valet
Gwen Kenyon
Bit part
Alphonse Martell
Hotel Employee
Joyce Mathews
Bit part
Harold Minjir
Photographer
Carol Parker
Bit part
Ruth Rogers
Bit part
Dorothy White
Bit part
Sacha Guitry
Extra
Albert D'Arno
Newsboy
Paula DeCardo
Bit part
Norah Gale
Bit part
John Picorri
Conductor
Gloria Williams
Bit part
Dorothy Dayton
Bit part
Ray DeRavenne
Package Clerk
Harriette Haddon
Bit part

Critic Reviews for Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (4) | DVD (2)

Although it's not a bad comedy by our current depressed standards, it has the dickens of a time trying to pass off Gary Cooper as a multi-marrying millionaire.

March 25, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Frank S. Nugent

New York Times

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Ernst Lubitsch seems to be resting on his cliches in this atypically inelegant 1938 comedy.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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Lubitsch's classicism gets continually cracked by the unruliness of the screwball genre and by the caustic thrust of the Billy Wilder-Charles Brackett screenplay

November 15, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Wilders and Brackett's screenplay has some laughs, and Lubitsch knows how to get the most out of the least, but this movie was a mistake to make in the first place.

August 14, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

A sporadically funny, somewhat contrived comedy.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Fluffy, but fun and worth watching for the great Horton as Colbert's financially embarrassed father.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4

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The players are charming but the whimsy falls rather flat in this wannabe souffle. Claudette's wardrobe is amazing especially in the beginning when she is supposed to be penniless and is dressed to the teeth in satins and silks.Certainly entertaining but not quite what you expect from Lubitsch.

May 1, 2011

jay nixon

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This movie has an star cast, but it's not all it could be. It starts out average, gets funnier, and then gets average again. It is a slightly different story than usual, though, so it is worth watching.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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