Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Theatrical release poster[1]
Directed byErnst Lubitsch
Written byCharlton Andrews
Screenplay by
Based onLa huitième femme de Barbe-Bleue
by Alfred Savoir
Produced byErnst Lubitsch
Starring
CinematographyLeo Tover
Edited byWilliam Shea
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 23, 1938 (1938-03-23)
[2]
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budgetover $1 million[3]

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.[4][5] The film is a remake of the 1923 silent version directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson.[6]

Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife failed at the box office, and Paramount Pictures released Lubitsch to go to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[7][8]

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  2. ^ "French actress Claudette Colbert with director Ernst Lubitsch at the premiere of 'Bluebeard's Eighth Wife' in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by William Grimes)". Getty Images. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Top Films and Stars". Variety. 4 January 1939. p. 10. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  4. ^ Hopp, Glenn (2003). Billy Wilder: The Cinema of Wit 1906-2002. Taschen. p. 19. ISBN 9783822815953.
  5. ^ Eyman, Scott (2000). Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise. JHU Press. p. 385. ISBN 0-8018-6558-1.
  6. ^ ATAS/UCLA Television Archives. Study Collection (1981). ATAS-UCLA Television Archives Catalog: Holdings in the Study Collection of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences University of California, Los Angeles, Television Archives. Taylor & Francis US. p. 9. ISBN 0-913178-69-1.
  7. ^ "Ernst Lubitsch". Britannica.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  8. ^ Desowitz, Bill (1 October 1997). "Back in Touch With the 'Lubitsch Touch'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 February 2023.