Trouble in Paradise

Witty and sophisticated pre-code comedy from director Ernst Lubitsch about a couple of crooks planning to steal from a rich entrepreneur.

Tropes used in Trouble in Paradise include:

• Batman Gambit: Gaston does this anytime he believes someone might recognize him.
• Book Ends: The movie starts and finishes with Gaston and Lily showing the other what they have stolen from each other and then kissing.
• Conspicuous Consumption
• Does This Remind You of Anything?: The movie is completely shameless about it.

Gaston: Good night, Madame. And let me tell you again, you dance like a dream.
Mme. Colet: Oh no, it's the way you lead.
Gaston: No, Madame, it's the way you follow.

• Gentleman Thief
• Give Me Back My Wallet
• Gratuitous German
• Gratuitous Italian
• Gratuitous Russian
• Gratuitous Spanish
• Have We Met?: Hilariously played with; Francois is quite insistent that he's never met Gaston before. Then he remembers where he *does* know him from.

Francois: Tonsils! I distinctly remember tonsils!

• Ho Yay: Between The Major and François.
• Love Triangle
• Running Gag: "I have a confession to make"
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money: Called out by Gaston. Although, you have to remember he is the thief.

Gaston: I see. You have to be in the Social Register to keep out of jail. But when a man starts at the bottom and works his way up, a self-made crook, then you say, "Call the police! Put him behind bars! Lock him up!"

• Smarmy Host:

From Geneva comes the news that the famous international crook, Gaston Monescu, robbed the peace conference yesterday. He took practically everything except the peace.

• Victoria's Secret Compartment: Lily usually hides the things she steals there. Not always with success, though.