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The Marriage Circle is a 1924
1924 in film

Events* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
 film by Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch , was a German-born Jewish film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch"....
. It is based on the play Only a Dream by Lothar Schmidt. It was also remade
Remake

A "remake" is a term used to describe something that has been done again, sometimes with better quality and more features....
 in 1932
1932 in film

Events*Katharine Hepburn's film career begins*Shirley Temple's film career begins*The Walt Disney Company released Flowers and Trees their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film....
 by Lubitsch and George Cukor
George Cukor

'George Cukor' was an Academy Award-winning United States film director. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed a string of impressive films including What Price Hollywood? , A Bill of Divorcement , Dinner at Eight , Little Women , Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copp...
 as One Hour With You
One Hour with You

One Hour with You is a 1932 in film film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Samson Raphaelson and his assistant Sam Bellas from the Lothar Schmidt play Only a Dream, and was directed by George Cukor and Ernst Lubitsch....
 set in Paris.

The "circle" of the title refers to the ring of infidelities
Infidelity

Infidelity can be defined as any violation of the mutually agreed-upon rules or boundaries of a relationship, and is a breach of faith in an interpersonal relationship....
 (suspected and otherwise) central to the plot. Professor Stock (Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Jean Menjou was an United States actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies acting in such important films as The Sheik , A Woman of Paris, Morocco , and A Star Is Born ....
) is unhappily married; his wife Mizzi develops an attraction to a happily married man (Monte Blue) while his best friend tries to seduce that man's wife.






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The Marriage Circle is a 1924
1924 in film

Events* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
 film by Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch , was a German-born Jewish film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch"....
. It is based on the play Only a Dream by Lothar Schmidt. It was also remade
Remake

A "remake" is a term used to describe something that has been done again, sometimes with better quality and more features....
 in 1932
1932 in film

Events*Katharine Hepburn's film career begins*Shirley Temple's film career begins*The Walt Disney Company released Flowers and Trees their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film....
 by Lubitsch and George Cukor
George Cukor

'George Cukor' was an Academy Award-winning United States film director. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed a string of impressive films including What Price Hollywood? , A Bill of Divorcement , Dinner at Eight , Little Women , Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copp...
 as One Hour With You
One Hour with You

One Hour with You is a 1932 in film film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Samson Raphaelson and his assistant Sam Bellas from the Lothar Schmidt play Only a Dream, and was directed by George Cukor and Ernst Lubitsch....
 set in Paris.

The "circle" of the title refers to the ring of infidelities
Infidelity

Infidelity can be defined as any violation of the mutually agreed-upon rules or boundaries of a relationship, and is a breach of faith in an interpersonal relationship....
 (suspected and otherwise) central to the plot. Professor Stock (Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Jean Menjou was an United States actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies acting in such important films as The Sheik , A Woman of Paris, Morocco , and A Star Is Born ....
) is unhappily married; his wife Mizzi develops an attraction to a happily married man (Monte Blue) while his best friend tries to seduce that man's wife. The wife, in turn, suspects her husband is having an affair, and asks Mizzi to keep an eye on her husband.

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  • Adolphe Menjou
    Adolphe Menjou

    Adolphe Jean Menjou was an United States actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies acting in such important films as The Sheik , A Woman of Paris, Morocco , and A Star Is Born ....
     as Professor Stock
  • Monte Blue
    Monte Blue

    Monte Blue One of five children, Blue's father died in a car crash when he was eight and his mother could not raise five children alone. Along with another brother, they both admitted to the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home....
     as Doctor Braun
  • Marie Prevost
    Marie Prevost

    Marie Prevost was a Canada actor of the early days of film. During her twenty year career, she made 121 Silent film and Sound film....
     as Mizzie
  • Florence Vidor
    Florence Vidor

    Florence Vidor was an American actress.Born Florence Arto, her father, J.P. Arto, was an important executive and she started working in silent movies thanks to her husband, the director King Vidor....
     as Charlotte Braun


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