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Trouble in Paradise is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, and Herbert Marshall. Based on the 1931 play The Honest Finder ( A Becsületes Megtaláló ) by Hungarian playwright László Aladár, [ 2 ] the lead characters are a gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket who join forces to con a beautiful woman who is the ...
The original working title for this film, The Honest Finder, was changed to Thieves and Lovers in early July 1932; however, on September 24, 1932, Film Daily reported that The Honest Finder would be released as The Golden Widow and listed Trouble in Paradise as a tentative title. In an early script found in the Paramount Script Collection at the AMPAS Library, Kay Francis' character was called ...
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Miriam Hopkins
Trouble in Paradise is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, and Herbert Marshall.Based on the 1931 play The Honest Finder (A Becsületes Megtaláló) by Hungarian playwright László Aladár, [2] the lead characters are a gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket who join forces to con a beautiful woman who is the owner ...
Overview. Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her.
Reviews for Trouble in Paradise were highly favorable, but the film was a financial disappointment. While audiences wanted comedy, they preferred Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery to Lubitsch’s “touch,” and spent their dimes watching Norma Shearer and Fredric March in the classic tearjerker, Smilin’ Through (1932).
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Feb 21, 2021 · Ernst Lubitsch displayed his famous subtle touch in Trouble in Paradise, a pre-Code romantic comedy, starring Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, and Herbert Marshall. Many critics consider it to be Lubitsch’s greatest achievement, due to its subtle tone of merriment and elegance in both dialogue and visuals, but I much prefer his 1940’s The Shop Around the Corner .
