Motion Picture Magazine (February-July 1924): 'In making the kissing scene in "The Marriage Circle," where the dutiful wife smacks another man other than her husband by mistake, Herr Lubitsch made Florence Vidor and Creighton Hale repeat the event exactly thirty-nine times before the kiss was right. Florence is a very lovely lady, but... well, thirty-nine times!'
Warner Baxter was originally cast in the role of Dr. Braun. After eight days of shooting, director Ernst Lubitsch turned to his assistant Henry Blanke and said: "He looks like a detective." Baxter was replaced by Monte Blue.
Fellow directors who were big fans of this film include: Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Renoir, Yasujiro Ozu, and Douglas Sirk.
Modern Prologue: "It seems incredible today that in 1924 The Marriage Circle was universally praised for its speed, its subtlety and its wit, most critics even placing it above Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, released a few months earlier. Actually so much that distinguished The Marriage Circle from its contemporaries--suggestion rather than direct statement, casually significant closeups of objects, even the severely simple décor--has been absorbed into the routine of film technique that now only a few of the more obvious 'Lubitsch touches' remain to suggest that this was once a daring and important film."
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies.