One Hour with You (1932) | |
| Director(s) | Ernst Lubitsch, George Cukor (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Pre-Code Cinema |
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One Hour with You Overview:
One Hour with You (1932) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by George Cukor and Ernst Lubitsch and produced by Ernst Lubitsch.
SYNOPSIS
Lubitsch improves on his 1924 silent The Marriage Circle with this Chevalier vehicle interspersed with song and punctuated with humorous asides to the audience. Chevalier is an amorous Parisian doctor happily married to MacDonald, though beset by the advances of his wife's best friend (Tobin). When her husband's suspicions are aroused, he hires a detective and discovers his wife's appointment with Chevalier. The doctor tells his wife about the situation and she decides to have an affair with Ruggles, after which they agree never to stray again.
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Academy Awards 1931/32 --- Ceremony Number 5 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Picture | Paramount Publix | Nominated |
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One Hour With You (1931): Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier
By 4 Star Film Fan on May 11, 2022 From 4 Star FilmsAh, Spring in Paris! The local gendarmerie is intent on cleaning up the parks of couples canoodling. Among them are Andre Bertier (Maurice Chevalier) and his gal pal Colette (Jeanette MacDonald). But it’s perfectly decent. As they sing, later in bed together, “what a little thing like a ... Read full article
One Hour with You
By Alyson on Oct 26, 2010 From The Best Picture ProjectThis has got to be the most charming little film of the 1930?s I?ve encountered yet. In One Hour With You we meet a young, happily married couple: Andre (Maurice Chevalier) and Colette (Jeanette MacDonald). ?It?s summarized (partially in song) how happy they are and how great marriage is. ?The next ... Read full article
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Quotes from
Professor Olivier: In Switzerland they have a very peculiar law. When a husband shoots his wife, they put him in jail.
Dr. Andre Bertier: Madame! You may think I'm a coward. I am!
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Facts about
Even though it was the pre-Hays Code era, it was one of the few films of that time to show a married couple in the same bed together.
A French-language version _Une heure près de toi_, ("One More Hour With You") was filmed simultaneously. Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald (who spoke French fluently) played the same parts as in the English version, and Lili Damita replaced Genevieve Tobin.
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