Trouble in Paradise

Following up his remake of an earlier film with another original film, Ernst Lubitsch made one of the most delightful and distinctly his films in Trouble in Paradise. Balancing his trademarked touch with the battle of the sexes in a European setting, this time with the added wrinkle of criminals making up two-thirds of the main cast, Lubitsch found one of the most perfect mixes of his best narrative instincts in one package.

Lily (Miriam Hopkins) and Gaston (Herbert Marshall) are two high...