The Marriage Circle
About The Marriage Circle
Professor Stock and his wife Mizzi, unhappily married, move to Vienna, where Mizzi's married friend lives. The friend and Stock, and the other pairings, start to cross. The title is the ring of those suspected affairs. Florence Vidor, Monte Blue, Marie Prevost, and Adolphe Menjou are billed. Paul Bern wrote it from Lothar Schmidt's play Only a Dream. Lubitsch and George Cukor remade it in 1932 as One Hour with You.
Cast & crew
More about The Marriage Circle
Ernst Lubitsch produced and directed it. Wikidata also lists James Flood as director. Charles Van Enger photographed it. Edgar Istel wrote music. Warner Bros. released it. Wikidata times it at 92 minutes. The story is set in Austria. Creighton Hale, Harry Myers, and Esther Ralston are billed. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Look
Charles Van Enger photographed the Vienna rooms.
Music
Edgar Istel wrote music for the silent film.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The circle is the ring of infidelities, suspected and otherwise.
- One Hour with You (1932) is the remake.
- The Commons file is The Marriage Circle (1924).
Scenes
- The two couples in Vienna start pairing off the wrong way.
Influenced by
- Lothar Schmidt's Only a Dream
Influenced
- One Hour with You
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Marriage Circle)
