| The Matrimonial Bed | |
| Director: | Michael Curtiz |
| Screenplay: | Harvey F. Thew Seymour Hicks |
| Based On: | The Matrimonial Bed (1927 play) by Seymour Hicks, which was based on Au premier de ces messieurs (French play) by André Mouëzy-Éon Yves Mirande) |
| Starring: | Frank Fay Lilyan Tashman Florence Eldridge Beryl Mercer Arthur Edmund Carewe Vivien Oakland James Gleason |
| Music: | Louis Silvers Song: "Fleur d'amour" by Sidney Mitchell George W. Meyer Archie Gottler (words and music) |
| Cinematography: | Devereaux Jennings |
| Editing: | Jack Killifer |
| Studio: | Warner Bros. |
| Distributor: | Warner Bros. |
| Runtime: | 69 minutes |
| Language: | English |
| Country: | United States |
The Matrimonial Bed is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film produced and released by Warner Bros. It was based on the French play by André Mouëzy-Éon and Yves Mirande. The English version of the play, by Sir Seymour Hicks, opened in New York on October 12, 1927, and had 13 performances.
Leopold Trebel (Frank Fay) is a man who was in a train wreck five years earlier and was taken for dead by his wife, Juliet (Florence Eldridge). Leopold and Juliet have both remarried. Leopold, who remembers nothing that occurred before the train wreck, is the father of two sets of twins by his new wife, Sylvaine (Lilyan Tashman). Juliet has recently had a child with her new husband, Gustave Corton (James Gleason). Leopold is a very popular hairdresser and some of Juliet's friends urge her to try him out.
When Leopold shows up at her home, he shocks the servants and his ex-wife. A doctor manages to restore Leopold's memory through hypnosis but in the process makes him forget what has happened in the last five years. When Leopold awakes from hypnosis, he thinks he has only been unconscious for a short while. He assumes he is still Juliet's husband. The doctor warns everyone not to tell him the truth because the shock could kill him. Just at this crucial moment, Gustave Corton arrives home and is shocked to find Leopold in his bed. Later on, Sylvaine arrives only to find her husband in bed with Gustave Corton. Eventually, Leopold learns what has happened and asks the doctor to pretend to take back his memory so that Juliet, whom he deeply loves, can continue to live her new life.