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Manny Wolf
''Bluebeard's Eighth Wife'' is a 1938 Paramount Pictures American romantic comedy film directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper. The film is based on the 1921 French play ''La huitième femme de Barbe-Bleue'' by Alfred Savoir and the English translation of the play by Charlton Andrews. The screenplay was the first of many collaborations between Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. The film is a remake of the Bluebeard's 8th Wife, 1923 silent version directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson. ''Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife'' failed at the box office, and ''Paramount Pictures'' released Lubitsch to go to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot "Once the premise is established that Claudette Colbert wants to deflate the multi-millionaire Gary Cooper, who buys his wives – seven of ’em prior to her – as he buys a fancy motor car, making pre-marriage settlements with them, etc, it then becomes an always obvious farce." — Abel Green, ''Variety ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Stock photography is the supply of photographs that are often licensed for specific uses. The stock photo industry, which began to gain hold in the 1920s, has established models including traditional macrostock photography, midstock photography, and microstock photography. Conventional stock agencies charge from several hundred to several thousand US dollars per image, while microstock photography may sell for around US$0.25. Professional stock photographers traditionally place their images with one or more stock agencies on a Commission (remuneration), contractual basis, while stock agencies may accept the high-quality photos of amateur photographers through online submission. Themes for stock photos are diverse, although Megan Garber of ''The Atlantic'' wrote in 2012 that "one of the more wacky/wondrous elements of stock photos is the manner in which, as a genre, they've developed a unifying editorial sensibility. To see a stock image is... to ''know'' you're seeing a stock imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
