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Trouble in paradise / Disc title: Ernst Lubitsch's Trouble in paradise , United States - 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (10 page fold-out ; 19 cm). - plastic 4 3/4 in. - The Criterion collection ; 170 . - Criterion collection ; 170. .

Based on the play, The Honest Finder, by Laszlo Aladar. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1932. Full screen (1.33:1). Special features: Peter Bogdanovich introduction; optional audio commentary by Lubitsch biographer Scott Eyman (2002); Das fidele Gefängnis = The merry jail (1917 silent film by Lubitsch, with music added in 2002 by Aljoscha Zimmerman); Tribute to Ernst Lubitsch; Screen Guild Theater radio program (from October 20, 1940, featuring Ernst Lubitsch, Jack Benny, Claudette Colbert, and Basil Rathbone).

Trouble in paradise -- Das fidele Gefängnis = The merry jail / Ernst Lubitsch.

Photography, Victor Milner ; music, W. Franke Harling (feature), Aljoscha Zimmerman (Das fidele Gefängnis) ; lyrics, Leo Robin. Photography, Victor Milner ; music, W. Franke Harling (feature), Aljoscha Zimmerman (Das fidele Gefängnis) ; lyrics, Leo Robin.

Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charlie Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Greig.

"When thief Gaston Monescu meets his true love in pickpocket Lily, they embark on a scam to rob lovely perfume company executive Mariette Colet. But when Gaston becomes romantically entangled with Mme. Colet, their larcenous ruse is jeopardized and Gaston is forced to choose between two beautiful women"--Container.

MPAA: Not rated.


DVD; RSDL dual-layer disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono.


In English, with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).

Named to the National Film Registry in 1991 by the Library of Congress.

ISBN: 1559409290 9781559409292

Standard No.: 715515013123

Publisher. No.: CC1581D Criterion Collection

Source: Midwest Tape (http://www.midwesttapes.com)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Aladar, Laszlo--Film adaptations.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Thieves--Drama.
Love--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Love.
Man-woman relationships.
Thieves.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
DVDs--Feature films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Drama.
Comedy films.
Film adaptations.
Romantic comedy films.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Romantic comedy films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Comédies romantiques (Films)
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Films de fiction.

LC Class. No.: PN1995.9.L6 / T768 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/72