Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Produced by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Charlton Andrews Charles Brackett Alfred Savoir 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 (US)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper. It is a farce about a millionaire banker and his wife. She teaches him a salutary lesson.

François Truffaut has said that Miriam Hopkins was slated to star as Nicole de Loiselle.^{[citation needed]}

Paramount had filmed this story with success before in 1923 as a silent vehicle for Gloria Swanson.

[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
Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Hedwige
Herman Bing as Monsieur Pepinard, The Detective
Warren Hymer as Kid Mulligan, The Boxer
Franklin Pangborn as Asst. Hotel Manager
Armand Cortes as Asst. Hotel Manager
Rolfe Sedan as Floorwalker
Lawrence Grant as Professor Urganzeff
Lionel Pape as Monsieur Potin
Tyler Brooke as Clerk

[edit] Music

"Here Comes Cookie" by Mack Gordon Sung by Gary Cooper

[edit] External links

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife at the Internet Movie Database
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife at AllRovi
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife at the TCM Movie Database
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife at Rotten Tomatoes

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1920s	Sumurun (1920) Anna Boleyn (1920) The Wild Cat (1921) The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) The Flame (1923) Rosita (1923) The Marriage Circle (1924) Three Women (1924) Forbidden Paradise (1924) Kiss Me Again (1925) Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) So This is Paris (1926) The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) The Patriot (1928) Eternal Love (1929) The Love Parade (1929)

1930s	Monte Carlo (1930) Paramount on Parade (co-director) (1930) The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) Broken Lullaby (1932) One Hour With You (1932) Une heure près de toi (1932) Trouble in Paradise (1932) Design for Living (1933) La Veuve joyeuse (1934) The Merry Widow (1934) Angel (1937) Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) Ninotchka (1939)

1940s	The Shop Around the Corner (1940) That Uncertain Feeling (1941) To Be or Not to Be (1942) Heaven Can Wait (1943) A Royal Scandal (1945) Cluny Brown (1946) That Lady in Ermine (1948)

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