Directed by Ernest Lubitch in 1924, The Marriage Circle was his first American film, although it’s still set in Europe.
It’s a fairly convoluted but also pretty charming comedy of manners and misunderstandings about a happily married couple who are brought to the verge of divorce because everyone else keeps trying to have affairs with them for some reason.
I suppose that was the style at the time.
Everyone has pretty amazing faces, and they all wear wonderful clothes, and they all definitely seem to be having a lot of fun, which is nice.
I quite liked it, really.
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Notes
1. I originally watched this on mubi last year (when it wasn’t even a hundred years old!)
2. But then rewatched just now on youtube.
3. Which is where I grabbed the images from too.
4. Weirdly, this was remade by Ernest Lubitch (presumably in sound) in 1932, as One Hour With You.
5. I’ve not seen that, though.
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Film Information
Title: The Marriage Circle
Director: Ernest Lubitch
Year: 1923
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes
Watch: youtube