Actor : Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles Director: Ernst Lubitsch Genre: Comedy Year: 1932 Studio:Criterion Length: 82 Released:January 7, 2003 Rating:Unrated (Video) Format: DVD Misc:NTSC, Black & White Language: English Subtitles: English
DESCRIPTION:
When thief Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall) meets his true love in pick-pocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins), they embark on a scam to rob lovely perfume company executive Mariette Colet (Kay Francis). But when Gaston becomes romantically entangles 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 Trouble in Paradise, a pinnacle of the sophisticated romantic comedy, loaded with sparkling dialogue, witty innuendo, and elegant comic invention.
Special Features :
New digital transfer, with restored image and sound
New video introduction by director Peter Bogdanovich
Ernst Lubitsch's 1917 short film Das fidele Gefangnis (The Merry Jail)
1940 Screen Guild Theater radio program featuring Ernst Lubitsch, Jack Benny, Claudette Colbert, and Basil Rathbone
Tributes to Lubitsch, written by Billy Wilder, Leonard Maltin, Cameron Crowe, Roger Ebert, and others
Actor : Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles Director: Ernst Lubitsch Genre: Comedy Year: 1932 Studio:Criterion Length: 82 Released:January 7, 2003 Rating:Unrated (Video) Format: DVD Misc:NTSC, Black & White Language: English Subtitles: English
DESCRIPTION:
When thief Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall) meets his true love in pick-pocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins), they embark on a scam to rob lovely perfume company executive Mariette Colet (Kay Francis). But when Gaston becomes romantically entangles 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 Trouble in Paradise, a pinnacle of the sophisticated romantic comedy, loaded with sparkling dialogue, witty innuendo, and elegant comic invention.
Special Features :
New digital transfer, with restored image and sound
New video introduction by director Peter Bogdanovich
Ernst Lubitsch's 1917 short film Das fidele Gefangnis (The Merry Jail)
1940 Screen Guild Theater radio program featuring Ernst Lubitsch, Jack Benny, Claudette Colbert, and Basil Rathbone
Tributes to Lubitsch, written by Billy Wilder, Leonard Maltin, Cameron Crowe, Roger Ebert, and others
