Line #24 Film/TroubleInParadise


1	[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trouble_in_paradise.jpeg]]
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3	''Trouble in Paradise'' is a 1932 [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-code]] RomanticComedy film directed by Creator/ErnstLubitsch and starring Creator/MiriamHopkins, Creator/KayFrancis, and Creator/HerbertMarshall.
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5	Gaston Montenescu (Marshall), a gentleman thief, and Lily (Hopkins), his lady pickpocket partner and lover, join forces to con beautiful perfume company owner Mariette Colet (Francis).
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7	In 1991, ''Trouble in Paradise'' was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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9	Not to be confused with the Music/RandyNewman album of the same name, or ''VideoGame/LiloAndStitchTroubleInParadise'', or ''VideoGame/VivaPinata: Trouble in Paradise'', or one of Wrestling/KofiKingston's wrestling moves.
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12	!!This film provides examples of:
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14	* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Sorry, Lily. Gaston may be interested in you, but he's more interested in getting that wallet back first.
15	* BookEnds: The movie starts and finishes with Gaston and Lily showing the other what they have stolen from each other and then kissing.
16	* BreakfastInBed: Mariette has breakfast in bed while speaking to Lily, Gaston's "secretary", and talking to her about Gaston.
17	* BrickJoke: "What? You found a handbag? Well, you're three weeks too late."
18	* ConspicuousConsumption: The filthy-rich Mariette spends 125,000 francs on a [[GemEncrusted diamond-encrusted]] handbag.
19	* DirtyCommies: in this case quite literally: an extremely grubby guy with a Russian accent uses Mariette's solicitation of people claiming to have found her handbag as an opportunity to harangue her in Russian about what Trotsky said about the rich.
20	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The movie is completely shameless about it.
21	-->'''Gaston''': Good night, Madame. And let me tell you again, you dance like a dream.
22	-->'''Mme. Colet''': Oh no, it's the way you lead.
23	-->'''Gaston''': No, Madame, it's the way you follow.
24	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Everything you need to know about Madame Colet is shown in one of her first scenes. During two back-to-back scenes with her two suitors Francois Filiba and the Major, she lets the viewers know right off the bat that she even after her husband's death she handles her business and personal life superiorly well with a lot of confidence, to the point where she doesn't want to remarry.
25	--> '''Colet:''' (to Filiba) "You see, François, marriage is a beautiful mistake which two people make together. But with you, François, I think it would be a mistake."
26	--> '''Colet:''' (to the Major) "Don't be so down-hearted, Major. You're not the only one I don't love. I don't love Francois either."
27	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Gaston and Lily may be {{ConArtist}}s and thieves, but the two of them both deeply love each other and admire their crook skills.
28	* FakeAristocrat: At their first meeting, Lily and Gaston introduce themselves to each other as "Countess" and "Baron," respectively. Neither one fools the other, as they each recognize a fellow crook.
29	* GentlemanThief: Gaston, who is witty and charming and urbane.
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31	* GiveMeBackMyWallet: Lily and Gaston are constantly catching each other stealing things.
32	* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Gaston and Lily are apparently both {{Omniglot}}s.
33	** GratuitousGerman
34	** GratuitousItalian
35	** GratuitousRussian
36	** GratuitousSpanish
37	* HaveWeMet: Hilariously played with; Francois is quite insistent that he's never met Gaston before. Then he remembers where he ''does'' know him from.
38	-->'''Francois:''' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Tonsils! Positively tonsils!]]
39	* KarmaHoudini: The protagonists are crooks and don't get caught. This was a violation of UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode and caused the film to be withdrawn from circulation; it was not seen again until 1968.
40	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: "Beginnings are always difficult," says Gaston, about four minutes into the movie. He's talking about how to start a fancy dinner.
41	* LoveTriangle: Between Lily, Mariette and Gaston.
42	* MickeyMousing: Done when Mariette and then Gaston run up the stairs of her house.
43	* ObviousStuntDouble: Because Creator/HerbertMarshall had lost his leg during the war, a stunt double does the scenes where Gaston runs up and down the stairs, and while he's shot from the back, it's obvious the man is younger than Marshall.
44	* OutlawCouple: After meeting and falling in love in Venice at the start of the movie, Lily and Gaston are a con artist team.
45	* RunningGag: "I have a confession to make..."
46	* {{Ruritania}}: Lily says that "King Boris of Alconia" has spotted her in Venice.
47	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Called out by Gaston. Although, you have to remember he is the thief.
48	-->'''Gaston''': I see. You have to be in the Social Register to keep out of jail. But when a man starts at the bottom and works his way up, a self-made crook, then you say, "Call the police! Put him behind bars! Lock him up!"
49	* SmarmyHost:
50	-->From Geneva comes the news that the famous international crook, Gaston Monescu, robbed the peace conference yesterday. He took practically everything except the peace.
51	* StealingFromTheTill: The biggest surprise comes when Gaston figures out that Adolph Giron, adviser to the Colet family for decades and director of Mariette's company, has been embezzling for years.
52	* TitleDrop: In the opening song.
53	* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Lily usually hides the things she steals there. Not always with success, though.

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