Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife
- Synopsis
- Romantic comedy feature film. Michael Brandon (Cooper) is a millionaire who enjoys getting married but has difficulty staying married: he’s had seven wives and is looking for number eight. He thinks he may have found a new bride in the person of Nicole de Loiselle (Colbert), whom he meets in a shop on the French Riviera. Nicole vigourously rebuffs his advances but Michael is inspired by a reading of The Taming of the Shrew to discipline her. He marches into her room to the accompaniment of military music and slaps her on the face; she slaps back. He returns to his room and turns to the text and gets another idea. He goes again to her room and this time pulls her over his knee and spanks her saying ‘Shakespeare!'. The text eventually gets thrown on the fire.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1938
- Duration
- 86 mins
Credits
- Director
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Producer
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Cinematographer
- Leo Tover
- Screenplay
- Billy Wilder; Charles Brackett; Charlton Andrews
- Music
- Frederick Hollander; Werner Heyman
- Costume
- Travis Banton
- Art Direction
- Hans Dreir; Robert Usher
- Cast
Claudette Colbert Nicole de Loiselle (Katherina) Gary Cooper Michael Brandon (Petruchio)
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Taming of the Shrew, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Screenplay based on the play by Alfred Savoir adapted into English by Charlton Andrews.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
UCLA Film & Television Archive
- arsc@ucla.edu
- Web
- http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/databases.html External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (310) 206 5388
- Fax
- (310) 206 5392
- Address
- Individual Access
Archive Study and Research Center
46 Powell Library
302 East Melnitz
Los Angeles
CA90095-1323
USA
Online Retailer
- Name
amazon.com
- Web
- http://www.amazon.com External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av71123 (Accessed 08 Oct 2024)