Monte Blue
Doctor Paul Giraud
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Synopsis
A respectable wife sends her husband to complain about the dancers who have moved across the street. He recognises an old flame, while she becomes interested in the other neighbour. A brief prison sentence provides cover for an illicit evening at a ball, turning mutual disapproval into a network of convenient lies.
Cast
DirectorsErnst Lubitsch
Inspirations
Ernst Lubitsch draws on the French farce Le Réveillon, using exchanged visits and parallel deceptions to puncture both couples' claims to respectability. Its exuberant dance sequences place the marital comedy within the social energy of the Jazz Age.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
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- Monte Blue — Photoplay Publishing Company (Life time: 1980) · Public domain
- Patsy Ruth Miller — Unknown author · Public domain
- Lilyan Tashman — Unknown author · Public domain
