Rent Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1938)
3.5 of 5 from 83 ratings
1h 26min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Set on the French Riviera, the charming daughter (Claudette Colbert) of a destitute aristocrat (Edward Everett Horton) catches the eye of a dashing millionaire (Gary 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.
- Actors:
- Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, David Niven, Elizabeth Patterson, Herman Bing, Warren Hymer, Franklin Pangborn, Armand Cortes, Rolfe Sedan, Lawrence Grant, Lionel Pape, Tyler Brooke
- Directors:
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Producers:
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Writers:
- Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Alfred Savoir, Charlton Andrews
- Aka:
- Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
- Studio:
- Odeon Entertainment
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Romance
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch if You Like: The Bishop's Wife, Films to Watch If You Like..., Paramount's Laughing Thirties, The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to: Billy Wilder, Top 10 Best Last Films: World Cinema, Top 10 Films Set in Department Stores, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/03/2023
- Run Time:
- 86 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross (2023)
- The Guardian Interview with Claudette Colbert (1984, 57 mins), archival audio recording of the celebrated performer in conversation at London's National Film Theatre
- United States (1944, 46 mins): military training film, narrated by David Niven during his time away from Hollywood to serve in the RAF, produced to instruct British troops in the history of their American allies
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
