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7A 1932 {{Musical}} movie starring Creator/MauriceChevalier, Creator/JeanetteMacDonald, Creator/GenevieveTobin, and Creator/CharlieRuggles. Directed by Creator/ErnstLubitsch and Creator/GeorgeCukor, it is a {{remake}} of Lubitsch's 1924 silent film ''The Marriage Circle.''
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9In Paris, Dr. André Bertier (Chevalier) and Colette ([=MacDonald=]), his wife of three years, live in a state of connubial bliss until Colette's flirtatious school chum, Mitzi Olivier (Tobin), visits, and André is tempted to have an affair. Mitzi schemes to get André alone, and whenever he tries to avoid her, Colette pushes them together because she thinks he doesn't like her dear friend. Meanwhile, Mitzi's husband wants to divorce her, so he is having her tailed by a detective. And while Colette's suspicions grow, she finds it increasingly difficult to resist the advances of André's friend Adolph (Ruggles). In the end, they both confess to their indiscretions and cheerfully forgive each other.
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12!!''One Hour With You'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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14* AllMusicalsAreAdaptations: This is one of the first musicals to be based on a film.
15* AllMenArePerverts: Adolph, who constantly flirts with Colette, [[WithFriendsLikeThese his friend's wife]].
16* BreakingTheFourthWall: Both André and Colette turn to the screen and directly address the audience from time to time.
17* EasilyForgiven: André and Colette agree that they love each other too much to make a big deal out of their respective infidelities.
18%%* GayParee: The setting.
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20* HappyMarriageCharade: Mitzi's marriage to Professor Oliver. Neither of them like each other and cannot wait to be free.
21* HaveAGayOldTime: At the Bertiers' party, Adolph asks, "Colette, when are we going to dance? Oh, when are we going to be gay?"
22* InsatiableNewlyweds: They're a little past the newlywed stage, but André and Colette are still pretty insatiable, as they happily inform the audience.
23--> What a little thing\
24like a wedding ring can do \
25It allows a thrill\
26when we start to bill and coo \
27I can squeeze you here\
28I can squeeze you there \
29And I'm never told to handle with care \
30I don't have to stop when I kiss your hand \
31It's lawful! \
32Oh, it's grand!
33* IntercourseWithYou: The song "What a Little Thing Like a Wedding Ring Can Do" (quoted above). If there were by some chance any doubt about its meaning, André and Colette sing it while frolicking (clothed) on their bed.
34* LovesMeNot: At the party, Mitzi undoes André's tie and tells him to meet her in the garden. He plucks a flower to choose between staying inside with the rest of the party or following Mitzi. Needless to say, it takes him a while to get through the process.
35* MistakenForCheating: It's not exactly a mistake, but Colette suspects the wrong person. She thinks André is pursuing the beautiful Mlle Martel.
36* ReallyGetsAround: Mitzi, and she's proud of it. She exploits Colette's adultery assumptions to flirt with André.
37* SleepingSingle: Averted, as this is UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra. The Bertiers have a large double bed, and they're even shown sleeping side by side.
38* TitleDrop: In song at the dinner party, as Mitzi and Adolph each beg their respective targets for "one hour with you."
39* TheUnfairSex: Mostly averted. Colette probably wouldn't have given in to Adolph if she hadn't already realized André was up to something, but André's straying is presented as mainly the consequence of Mitzi's aggressive and persistent pursuit.

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