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Trouble in Paradise
Why this pick
Lubitsch brings the same champagne-dry dialogue, cosmopolitan glamour, and erotic lightness to a love triangle played as a game of manners and mutually admired deception.
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MOVIE1933 1h 31m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
While en route to Paris via train, commercial artist Gilda Farrell meets artist George Curtis and playwright Thomas Chambers, fellow Americans who share an apartment in the French capital. Gilda works for advertising executive Max Plunkett, who has had no success in his efforts to engage her in a romantic relationship. Tom and George each realize the other is in love with Gilda, and although they agree to forget her, they cannot resist her when she comes to visit. Unable to choose between the two, she proposes she live with them as a friend, muse, and critic—with the understanding they will not have sex.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Gary Cooper
George Curtis
Edward Everett Horton
Max Plunkett
Jane Darwell
Curtis' Housekeeper
Franklin Pangborn
Mr. Douglas, Theatrical Producer
Fredric March
Thomas B. 'Tom' Chambers
Isabel Jewell
Plunkett's Stenographer