That’s what I call love: a man who has been married seven times and hasn’t been single since college, then marries you for the eighth time. Then you two break up, and he stays single for six months in a row and even ends up in a sanatorium, in a straitjacket, because he cannot believe that you are the only one he could love and the one who drives him crazy at the same time. In the end, love wins

That’s what I call love: a man who has been married seven times and hasn’t been single since college, then marries you for the eighth time. Then you two break up, and he stays single for six months in a row and even ends up in a sanatorium, in a straitjacket, because he cannot believe that you are the only one he could love and the one who drives him crazy at the same time. In the end, love wins

I love the idea of taming a man by driving him so insane that he has no choice but to fall in love with you.

I love the idea of taming a man by driving him so insane that he has no choice but to fall in love with you.

For a film with so many early trappings of the freaky cinema I love, I wish I had liked this more. Sadly this wound up being one of my least favourite Lubitsch films to date, but even in a dud there is undeniable charm! 

I needed way more David Niven in tiny shorts and strappy sandles, and way less of Gary Cooper’s hamminess. Claudette Colbert is one of my favourite fast talking dames of the 30s and while she does her best, the story is too half-baked in tedious nonsense that not even her charms alone can land the plane in a satisfying way.

For a film with so many early trappings of the freaky cinema I love, I wish I had liked this more. Sadly this wound up being one of my least favourite Lubitsch films to date, but even in a dud there is undeniable charm! 

I needed way more David Niven in tiny shorts and strappy sandles, and way less of Gary Cooper’s hamminess. Claudette Colbert is one of my favourite fast talking dames of the 30s and while she does her best, the story is too half-baked in tedious nonsense that not even her charms alone can land the plane in a satisfying way.

Love to see Claudette Colbert be a fucking terror

Love to see Claudette Colbert be a fucking terror

This one didn't really do it for me. Not as funny as some of the other Lubitsch films and the pacing felt off.

This one didn't really do it for me. Not as funny as some of the other Lubitsch films and the pacing felt off.