Double Feature
Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife
Screen legends Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper star in the classic screwball comedy Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Set on the French Riviera, the charming daughter (Colbert) of a destitute aristocrat (Edward Everett Horton) catches the eye of a dashing millionaire (Cooper). After a brief courtship, she accepts his marriage proposal, only to find out on their wedding day that he has been down the aisle before – seven times! Determined to teach him a lesson, she makes a mockery of their matrimony in a variety of side-splitting situations. (Universal Studios)
- Director
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Writer
- Screenplay by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder based on the play by Alfred Savoir and the English translation by Charlton Andrews
- Starring
- Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, David Niven, Elizabeth Patterson, Herman Bing
- Year
- 1938
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 85 minutes
The Smiling Lieutenant
Maurice Chevalier and Claudette Colbert light up the screen in this charming musical comedy directed by Ernst Lubitsch. While on patrol, Lieutenant Nikolaus “Niki” von Preyn (Chevalier) winks at his beautiful love interest, Franzi (Cobert). However, a frumpy princess named Anna (Miriam Hopkins) mistakenly believes he is flirting with her. Niki soon finds himself walking down the aisle at his own royal wedding and being whisked away to a neighboring kingdom. When Franzi follows the newlyweds, she finds herself tangled between her old love and a new friendship with Anna. (Universal Studios)
- Director
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Writer
- Screenplay by Ernest Vajda & Samson Raphaelson based upon "The Waltz Dream" by Leopold Jacobson and Felix Dormann based upon the novel "Nux der Prinzgemahl" by Hans Müller
- Starring
- Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charlie Ruggles
- Year
- 1931
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 89 minutes