Trouble in Paradise (1932) | |
| Director(s) | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Producer(s) | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Crime, Romance |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Pre-Code Cinema, Romance (Comic), Screwball Comedy |
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Trouble in Paradise Overview:
Trouble in Paradise (1932) was a Comedy - Crime Film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and produced by Ernst Lubitsch.
SYNOPSIS
This continental confection from Lubitsch features a sharp script full of tangy double entendres and a strong cast. Marshall and Hopkins, a pair of sophisticated thieves (and former lovers), travel from Venice to Paris, where they compete with each other as they insinuate themselves into the life of a wealthy owner of a perfume boutique (Francis) as secretary and maid. The urbane Marshall finds himself romantically inclined, putting the big heist in jeopardy, but Francis's beau Horton thinks he smells a rat. A sumptuously Deco-designed, pre-Code bedroom farce without equal since.
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.Trouble in Paradise was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1991.
BlogHub Articles:
The Style Essentials - Kay Francis Battles in Bias Cut in 1932's TROUBLE IN PARADISE
on Jul 22, 2019 From GlamAmorLast Saturday was the second in my STYLE OF SIN series at the American Cinematheque, and it was focused on the Queen of Pre-Code herself - Kay Francis. I spoke all about the Production Code, Kay's life and career, and then the backstories of our double feature Girls About Town (1931) and Jewel Robbe... Read full article
COMEDY GOLD #10: ‘Tonsils!’ from Trouble in Paradise (1932)
By Carol Martinheira on Dec 7, 2018 From The Old Hollywood GardenCOMEDY GOLD #10: ‘Tonsils!’ from Trouble in Paradise (1932) On December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 By CarolIn Uncategorized Last year, I wrote a little piece about Edward Everett Horton’s inescapable and always welcome presence in 1930s and 40s comedy fi... Read full article
Review: Trouble in Paradise (1932)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 18, 2018 From 4 Star FilmsErnst Lubitsch made a name for himself and his “touch” in silents as well as leaving an indelible mark on the 1940s with the likes of Shop Around The Corner (1940), To Be or Not to Be (1942), Heaven Can Wait (1943), and Cluny Brown (1946). But for me, no film better personifies his wit a... Read full article
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
By Carol Martinheira on Jan 4, 2017 From The Old Hollywood GardenTrouble in Paradise (1932) On January 4, 2017January 4, 2017 By CarolIn Uncategorized If you?re as obsessed with Billy Wilder as I am, you?ll know that he had a sign on his wall that read ?How would Lubitsch do it??. If you watch Trouble in Paradise (1932), you?ll unde... Read full article
TROUBLE IN PARADISE ( 1932 )
By Theresa Brown on Jul 6, 2016 From CineMaven's Essays from the CouchFor my ?HOT & BOTHERED? blogathon contribution, Ernst Lubitsch is the way to go. Why, this cheeky devil was able to slip all sorts of sexy mischief into Pre-Code films like ?Design for Living? ( 1933 ) ?The Smiling Lieutenant? ( 1931 ) or ?The Merry Widow? ( 1934 ). He does so again. Jewel thie... Read full article
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Quotes from
Gaston Monescu: It must be the most marvelous supper. We may not eat it, but it must be marvelous.
Gaston Monescu: Well, what did she want?
Lily Vautier: You. And she's willing to pay as high as 50 francs.
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Facts about
"Little" Mary Pickford, the silent film star, liked Ernst Lubitsch's tasteful touches of suggestiveness enough to ask him to direct her in a film that would help her show more maturity on screen. But she did not get along with Lubitsch himself nor did she appreciate 'Rosita,' the film they made together. In later years she usually ranked it with her worst films.
The original play, "A Becsuletes Megtalalo" (The Honest Finder), opened in Budapest in December 1931.
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