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Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
USA 1938
From Ernst Lubitsch, the legendary director of The Merry Widow, Angel, Ninotchka, The Shop Around the Corner, To Be or Not to Be and Heaven Can Wait, comes this classic romantic comedy starring screen icons Claudette Colbert (The Palm Beach Story), Gary Cooper (Beau Geste) and David Niven (Separate Tables) with a screenplay by Billy Wilder (The Lost Weekend) and Charles Brackett (A Foreign Affair). Those laughing eyes, those glorious cheekbones! The silver-screen queen of the ’30s and ’40s is as captivating as ever in this hilarious comedy set in the French Riviera! Colbert portrays Mademoiselle Nicole De Loiselle, the lovely daughter of a destitute aristocrat, who catches the eye of dashing millionaire Michael Brandon (Cooper). After a brief courtship, she accepts his marriage proposal, but the bride is shocked to learn that her betrothed 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; but alas, two can play the crazy game of love. Edward Everett Horton (Top Hat) co-stars as Nicole’s father, the Marquis De Loiselle. *** US multi-millionaire Michael Barndon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broken French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the row of his ex-wives and starts her own strategy to "tame" him. |
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Theatrical Release: March 23rd, 1938
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Review: Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
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CLICK to order from: Coming to Indicator Blu-ray in the UK in March 2023: |
Distribution | Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray | |
Runtime | 1:25:47.142 | |
Video |
1. 37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 28,221,268,189 bytesFeature: 26,885,965,824 bytes Video Bitrate: 37.91 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio |
DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1554 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1554 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
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Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino
1. 37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 28,221,268,189 bytesFeature: 26,885,965,824 bytes Video Bitrate: 37.91 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details:
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Kat Ellinger
Standard Blu-ray Case Chapters 9 |
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc.
On their
Blu-ray,
Kino use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel mono track (16-bit) in the original
English language (with some French.) Dialogue is clear and consistent as is
the score by Werner R. Heymann (as Werner Heyman) and
Friedrich Hollaender (Angel, The
Great McGinty,
Christmas
in Connecticut,
Caught, Berlin Express,
Background to Danger,
The Verdict,
A Foreign Affair) sounding light and playful in the lossless. Kino offer optional English
subtitles on their Region 'A'
Blu-ray.
The Kino
Blu-ray
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
has Ernst Lubitsch measured formalities and adept realization. It's been
out of the conversation but deserves more kudos as a genuinely amusing
Screwball comedy with some rapid-fire zingers tucked in with
subtle precision. Kino's Blu-ray
has the value of the Ellinger commentary as well as a cracker of a film
that only suffers from its minimal romance. |
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