Description
Venetian couples go bed-hopping in this vintage comedy about infidelity. Unhappy couple Professor Stock and Mizzi can not find much to keep them happy any more. Stock is distressed by Mizzi's slovenly housekeeping, and Mizzi finds the her old friend's husband, Dr. Braun, more attractive than the Professor. Dr. Braun loves his wife, but finds it difficult to resist such a beautiful woman as Mizzi. Professor Stock finds this an opportunity to gather evidence to support a divorce and sends a private detective after Mizzi. Silent.
CAST
| Marie Prevost | American Actress |
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| Adolphe Menjou | American actor, THE FRONT PAGE (1931) |
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| Creighton Hale | Irish Character Actor |
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| Monte Blue | American Actor |
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| Florence Vidor | American Actress |
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CREW
| Director | Ernst Lubitsch (German Director, TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)) |
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| Scenario | Paul Bern (Director/Writer/Executive) |
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Video: B&W and Tinted
Audio: Stereo, NoiseReduction (Dolby), Silent
Subtitles:
English (Title Card)
Weight factor: 1 item(s)
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| Area |
Runtime |
Box |
| USA |
85 min |
(normal) |
| Rating |
Not Rated
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Catalog #: 2081688
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UPC: 014381941524 |
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Distributor Notes
Ernst Lubitsch's first American comedy masterpiece, the film that kept him in the States. Reeling from the difficulties encountered on his first American film, "Rosita," Lubitsch was ready to return to his native Germany until Warner Brothers, looking for an identity other than Rin Tin Tin, offered the director a chance to make his own unique films. In "The Marriage Circle," Lubitsch's influential silent comedy effortlessly follows the love and lust, flirtations and phoniness among several upper-crust citizens of Vienna. In Lubitsch's deft hands, "The Marriage Circle" continues the tradition of manners comedy and shows the "touch" the director was famous for. Lubitsch knew that in an atmosphere of hushed whispers and discretion, a kiss can carry quite an erotic charge. To see "The Marriage Circle" in this glistening print derived from the original negative, with an appropriately lilting score by the Mont Alto Orchestra, is to fall in love with the movies--and Ernst Lubitsch--all over again.
Source: Image Entertainment, Inc.
Release Notes
DVD Features:
Region 0
Snap Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Text/Photo Galleries:
Liner Notes: Scott Eyman
Title Notes
A silent film.
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