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The Marriage Circle


Date: 1924
Type: Comedy / Romance
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White / Silent
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Producer: Ernst Lubitsch

Comment/Synopsis

A woman (Marie Provost) in a loveless marriage tries to seduce the husband (Monte Blue) of her best friend (Florence Vidor). Her husband wants a divorce so gets a detective to follow her, whilst she tries to deflect the friends attention by directing her to another woman (Esther Ralston). Meanwhile the best friend attracts the attention of her husbands busniess partner (Creighton Hale). This is essentially a comedy of erors and misunderstandings that are staoked by the anticts of Marie Prevost's character. The acting honours got to Marie Prevost as the slightly vampish scheming woman, whilst Florence Vidor portrays a more calm elegance. Ernst Lubitsch remake this as the musical One Hour With You in 1932.

Actors

Monte Blue
Florence Vidor
Creighton HaleCreighton Hale
Adolphe MenjouAdolphe Menjou
Marie PrevostMarie Prevost
Harry Myers
Dale FullerDale Fuller
Esther RalstonEsther Ralston

Oscars

None