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 ColbertNicole de Loiselle (Katherina)
Gary CooperMichael 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

Name

Paramount Pictures

Archive

Name

UCLA Film & Television Archive

Email
arsc@ucla.edu
Web
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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
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How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av71123 (Accessed 11 Dec 2024)