Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

Second viewing (first one: February 18, 1989).

Based on a play by Alfred Savoir, first staged in 1921.

An American multimillionaire with several marriages in his past is vacationing in Nice and meets a French woman not exactly well-off. She marries him with a pre-nuptial contract, ostensibly for money only.

This comedy would be perfect for illustrating church meetings promoting the education of young Christians. It is filled with conservative and well-behaving malice. And it is mildly amusing too.

Rating: 52 (down from 57)

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