Ernst Lubitsch’s fabled "touch" is on full display in this Jazz Age gem, as married couples (Monte Blue and Patsy Ruth Miller, Lilyan Tashman and George Beranger) find their attentions straying to the opposite’s spouse. The ecstatic Charleston dance number is justly famous, with its swirling camera and dizzying optics adding to the film’s feeling of seductive intoxication.
Restored 35mm print from the Library of Congress
Copresented by the
Art Deco Society of California