S5E02 - Bluebeard's Eighth Wife [1938] with Olympia Kiriakou

How Would Lubitsch Do It?

May 14 2024 • 47 mins

Film historian and podcast host Dr. Olympia Kiriakou joins us to discuss Lubitsch’s sole screwball comedy: BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE. We run down the definition of “screwball” through lenses of class, sex, tone, and pace; the impact of the production code on the genre; the uneasy fit between Lubitsch and the genre; the film’s terrific meet-cute; the introduction of two upstarts named Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett; and much more!

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Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Edited by Sophia Yoon.

NEXT WEEK:

Podcaster and actor Griffin Newman joins us to discuss NINOTCHKA.. For information as to where to find this film, check out our resources page.

WORKS CITED:

Becoming Carole Lombard by Olympia Kiriakou

The Screwball Story Podcast

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