Product Details

• Actors: Gary Cooper, David Niven, Claudette Colbert, Edward Everett Horton, Elizabeth Patterson
• Directors: Ernst Lubitsch
• Producers: Bluebeard's Eighth Wife ( Blue beard's Eighth Wife ) ( Bluebeard's 8th Wife ), Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, Blue beard's Eighth Wife, Bluebeard's 8th Wife
• Format: Import, PAL
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Universal
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000N1FUB0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #373,715 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Biographies, Black & White, Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: The great Ernst Lubitsch directed this farce (written by Charles M. Brackett and Billy Wilder) about a free-wheeling millionaire, Michael Brandon (Gary Cooper), who enjoys getting married but has a hard time staying married: he's had seven wives and is looking for number eight. He thinks he may have found her in the person of Nicole de Loiselle (Claudette Colbert), whom he meets in a shop on the French Riviera. Unfortunately for Michael, Nicole doesn't like him very much and keeps rebuffing his advances, even though most women would be only too happy to marry him for his money. For just that reason, Nicole's father (Edward Everett Horton), a financially embarrassed French nobleman, strongly suggests that matrimony with Michael would be a good idea, especially since Michael doesn't want to take no for an answer. Nicole eventually relents and weds Michael, but when she tries to get him to change a few of his habits during the honeymoon, he makes plans to divorce her. But Nicole has finally decided that she loves Michael after all, and, as he tries to flee from her, she gives chase, determined to win his heart once and for all. The same story was previously filmed as a silent picture in 1923. ...Bluebeard's Eighth Wife ( Blue beard's Eighth Wife ) ( Bluebeard's 8th Wife )

Customer Reviews

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars CLAUDETTE & GARY., October 28, 2001

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"scotsladdie" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluebeard's Eighth Wife [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A wealthy American who has had many ex-wives, walks into a department store on the Riveria to buy pajamas and walks out with a girl he determines to make into his eighth wife. The famed sophisticated comedy direction Ernst Lubitsch felt he could take Cooper out of his realm and make him into a sophisticated gentleman. Gary may have been one off-screen, but he couldn't give such an illusion on screen A Mr. Deeds, yes, but unfortunately not the hero of this piece. Cooper and Colbert work well together, despite this handicap and Lubitsch sprinkled fun throughout. However, the moviegoing public turned their all-knowing thumbs down at this little lark in 1938 and it lost money. It's not a bad depression-era comedy but it has a dickens of a time trying to pass off Gary as multi-marrying multi-millionaire. Put seven divorced wives behind Mr. Deeds, each with a $50,000 a year settlement, and it becomes pretty hard to believe that he's just a small boy at heart - which was precisely the charm of Paramount's gangling hero..........A slim but funny little comedy has Colbert and Cooper race happily through each unexpected episode. Coop is not altogether at ease in the role of a cosmopolitan banker, but he saves the part from being a caricature, and when the action permits, he cuts loose with splendid comic results.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of Colbert's 5 best comedies !, April 23, 2001

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Annie (NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluebeard's Eighth Wife [VHS] (VHS Tape)

When I saw this movie, I didn't understand why it is considered as one of lubitsch's worst comedies by the American critics! I couldn' t stop laughing (especially during the excellent scene of the "ognions kiss"). It is far better than most of the 30's screwball comedies (but of course, it is not as genial as Lubitsch's masterpieces like "To be or not to be" or "Trouble in paradise"). Critics are always difficult with a genius like Lubitsch. Watch it, you will spend a good time ! 4 1/2 stars !

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worst Lubitsch? Bad Cooper? I think not., April 13, 2007

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Aslanvictorious (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluebeard's Eighth Wife [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I can't possibly rate this movie any less than 5 stars! The performances are great, and all this about Cooper not being able to be credible as a multi-millionaire playboy is ridiculous. The movie certainly has the "Lubitsch touch" and if full of fun and innuendo. I think those who gave it a so-so rating are taking it much too seriously. It's a fun, late 30's movie, so don't let the tepid reviews stop you from watching a good amusing flick. Claudette Colbert is great in her role, and Edward Everett Horton is superb as always. WATCH THIS ONE!