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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

1938 · 85 min

A sparkling, flirtatious battle of wills with elegant wit and screwball charm, where every exchange crackles with playful mischief.

Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton

Tagline: He married in haste and repeated with pleasure!
Overview: American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.

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Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton

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Tone: romanticstrength 3 of 3
lightstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
betrayal
identity
power
class
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	8
Realism	6
Romance	7
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy, romance
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Written by: Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, David Niven, Elizabeth Patterson, Herman Bing, Warren Hymer, Franklin Pangborn
Music: Friedrich Hollaender, Werner R. Heymann
Cinematography: Leo Tover
Runtime: 85 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, French

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