Question 1

What unusual opening scene did Billy Wilder suggest for Bluebeard's Eighth Wife?

Accepted Answer

Billy Wilder suggested the opening scene be in a department store's men's shop, where Michael tries to buy only pajama tops because he sleeps in just the tops, creating a conflict with the clerk.

Question 2

Which actress was originally considered for the role of Nicole before Claudette Colbert?

Accepted Answer

Director Ernst Lubitsch originally wanted Marion Davies for the part of Nicole, but she had retired from films by 1938.

Question 3

What festival screened Bluebeard's Eighth Wife in 1938?

Accepted Answer

The film was screened at the Venice Film Festival in 1938.

Question 4

What is the central conflict between Michael Brandon and his eighth wife Nicole?

Accepted Answer

Nicole doesn't want to be just another number in Michael's line of ex-wives, so she undertakes her own strategy to tame him.

Question 5

How does Bluebeard's Eighth Wife connect to later Billy Wilder films?

Accepted Answer

The film has links to later Wilder films including Gary Cooper's awkward foreign pronunciation in Love in the Afternoon and a salary exchange repeated in One, Two, Three.

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