The Marriage Circle

Lubitsch, 1924, Warner Bros.: a Viennese marriage, a visiting doctor, a wife who notices. Florence Vidor, Monte Blue, Marie Prevost, Adolphe Menjou. From a Reinhardt play. The Lubitsch touch as a closed door and a look at the doorknob. It is the film that taught Hollywood that adultery could be a comedy if you directed the furniture. Lubitsch's first great American picture, and the template for Trouble in Paradise before sound.