A real gem, reviewed here.
Great cast: Melvyn Douglas, Merle Oberon, Burgess Meredith, Alan Mowbray, Sig Ruman, Harry Davenport, Eve Arden, Olive Blakeney.
Hard not to imagine Lubitsch acting out the parts for everybody. That scene where Douglas confronts Meredith - they're so polite to one another. It's another Lubitsch trademark isn't it, if you think the beard scene in To Be Or Not To Be or the confrontation over the swords in The Merry Widow.
George Barnes just loves his shadows and textures.
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