Trouble in Paradise
“HIS PARADISE BECAME A MERRY HELL!”
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
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Cast
28 people
Miriam Hopkins
Lily
Known for
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Design for Living
Kay Francis
Mariette
Known for
One Way Passage
In Name Only
Herbert Marshall
Gaston
Known for
Foreign Correspondent
The Fly
Charles Ruggles
Major
Known for
Bringing Up Baby
The Bullwinkle Show
Edward Everett Horton
Francois
Known for
The Bullwinkle Show
Top Hat
C. Aubrey Smith
Giron
Known for
Rebecca
Tarzan the Ape Man
Robert Greig
Jacques
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
The Lady Eve
Luis Alberni
Annoyed Opera Fan (uncredited)
Known for
The Lady Eve
Easy Living
Hooper Atchley
Insurance Agent (uncredited)
Also in
Hell's House
Mr. Wong, Detective
Tyler Brooke
Commercial Singer (uncredited)
Known for
The Divorcee
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Marion Byron
Maid (uncredited)
Known for
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Louise Carter
Woman with Wrong Handbag (uncredited)
Known for
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Angel
Ernst Lubitsch Director · Samson Raphaelson Screenplay Aladar Laszlo Author
Worldwide gross $475K · Budget $520K · United States release October 30, 1932
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Budget
$519,706
Worldwide gross
$475,000
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
The Honest Finder · Thieves and Lovers
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 27, 1932
Premiere · Salt Lake City, Utah
United States · October 30, 1932
Theatrical · Birmingham, Alabama
United States
October 28, 1932 · Premiere · Boston, Massachusetts
November 8, 1932 · Theatrical · New York City, New York
Belgium
October 30, 1932 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 12, 1932 · Theatrical
June 17, 2024 · Limited theatrical · Mostra Amor Bandido CINUSP
Canada
November 3, 1932 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 25, 1933 · Theatrical
France
June 2, 1933 · Theatrical
July 13, 2005 · Theatrical · re-release
January 23, 2019 · Theatrical · re-release
December 21, 2022 · Theatrical · re-release
Germany
March 4, 1969 · TV · West Germany
Greece
September 19, 2010 · Premiere · Athens Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
April 12, 2004 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Hungary
January 11, 1933 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 19, 1933 · Theatrical
Italy
October 19, 1933 · Theatrical
June 25, 2017 · Premiere · Il Cinema Ritrovato (Restored Version)
Portugal
January 16, 1934 · Theatrical
October 17, 2009 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
Spain
March 22, 1933 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 8, 1933 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 14, 2010 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
United Kingdom
November 29, 1932 · Premiere · London
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