The Marriage Circle (1924)

Set in 1923 Vienna, an unhappily married woman (Marie Prevost) visits her best friend (Florence Vidor), who she has not seen since her friend got married. When she meets her friend's husband (Monte Blue), she decides to seduce him and ruin their marriage. Based on the play ONLY A DREAM by Lothar Schmidt and directed by Ernest Lubitsch (HEAVEN CAN WAIT). There's a bit of charm to this marital comedy, even if most of its participants are on the unsympathetic side. The most unpleasant being the cold husband played by Adolphe Menjou, who is married to Prevost. But everything is resolved in the end in a perfectly tied ribbon. The Lubitsch "touch" is very much in evidence here which thankfully overcomes the rather sordid aspects of the plot. It's a pleasant diversion but I wouldn't rate it as one of my favorite Lubitsch movies. Lubitsch would remake the film in 1932 as ONE HOUR WITH YOU. With Creighton Hale and Esther Ralston.