United States
1932
82 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
English
170
When thief Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall) meets his true love in pickpocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins), they embark on a scam to rob lovely perfume company executive Mariette Colet (Kay Francis). But when Gaston becomes romantically entangled with Mme. Colet, their larcenous ruse is jeopardized and Gaston is forced to choose between two beautiful women. Legendary director Ernst Lubitsch’s masterful touch is in full flower in Trouble in Paradise, a pinnacle of the sophisticated romantic comedy, loaded with sparkling dialogue, witty innuendo, and elegant comic invention.
| Lily | Miriam Hopkins |
| Madame Mariette Colet | Kay Francis |
| Gaston Monescu | Herbert Marshall |
| The major | Charles Ruggles |
| François Filiba | Edward Everett Horton |
| Adolph J. Giron | C. Aubrey Smith |
| Jacques | Robert Grieg |
| Director | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Screenplay | Samson Ralphaelson |
| Adaptation by | Grover Jones |
| From a play by | Aladar Laszlo |
| Cinematography | Victor Milner |
| Art direction | Hans Dreier |
| Costume design | Travis Banton |
Trouble in Paradise is the most fondly memorable—if rarely seen—Hollywood screwball comedy. Its combination of suaveness, hilarity, and sexiness has had a mighty influence. There would be no Bringing Up Baby, no The Lady Eve, no Pat and Mike, without the delicious trouble...
“No one would claim that Lubitsch’s German films were more important than his American ones (cf. Fritz Lang).” This was Richard Roud’s response to my piece “Ernst Lubitsch: German Period” in his Cinema: A Critical Dictionary. One could indeed ask whether M is better than The Big Heat...
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