Gaston (Herbert Marshall) and Lily (Miriam Hopkins) are a cunning pair of jewel thieves who share much more than the riches they acquire. A loving bond that unites them accompanies the lovers on every job. A merry Parisian widow (Kay Francis) seems ripe to be plucked by this enamored couple. An unlikely love triangle blooms instead when Gaston falls for the beautiful widow's charms and is left to decide between these two stunning, but vastly different, women.
Ernst Lubitsch created films with visual elegance, a razor-sharp wit, and bold sexuality. The "Lubitsch Touch" is most fully evident in this 1932 romantic comedy. Glossy Victor Milner photography, stunning Travis Banton gowns, and suave performances in no way disguise the conniving nature of all parties involved in the film's central love triangle. Nor do the immoral characters hinder the blissful romance. Hilarious dialogue from regular Lubitsch collaborator Samson Raphaelson and co-writer Grover Jones crackles throughout the picture. Flawless in every aspect, this influential work is one of the cinema's greatest romantic comedies.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Scott Eyman - Biographer of Ernst Lubitsch
Introduction - 1. Peter Bogdanovich
Bonus Short - 1. DAS FIDELE GEFANGNIS (THE MERRY JAIL) directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Additional Audio Track - 1. SCREEN GUILD THEATER with Ernst Lubitsch, Jack Benny, Claudette Colbert, Basil Rathbone
Text/Galleries:
Additional Text -1. Director Tributes (by Roger Ebert, Cameron Crowe, Billy Wilder, Leonard Maltin)
Director of Photography
Victor Milner: American Director Of Photography
Source Writer
Aladar Laszlo: Playwright
Costume Designer
Travis Banton:
Review 1:
"...An unusual jewel..."
Source: USA Today
p.14D 01/17/2003
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