Love in Disguise on the Criterion Channel

Every month brings a new set of themed collections to the Criterion Channel, and they're always a mix of classic, foreign, art house, and more mainstream fare. The collections for January 2025 kick off the new year with a typical mix, including Surveillance Cinema, Cast Against Type: Heroes as Villains, nine films starring Nicole Kidman, a trio of pictures from director Cameron Crowe, and five starring David Bowie, but my favorite group for this month is Love in Disguise. This set gets a jump on the Valentine's Day mood with 11 pictures from the 1930s and 40s, each featuring characters pretending to be someone they aren't. 

Here's the full lineup for Love in Disguise: 

MONTE CARLO (1930)

LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932)

THIS IS THE NIGHT (1932)

THIRTY DAY PRINCESS (1934)

DESIRE (1936)

THE PRINCESS COMES ACROSS (1936)

MIDNIGHT (1939)

THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS (1941)

THE LADY EVE (1941)

THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR (1942)

FRENCHMAN'S CREEK (1944)

(Note: Several of these films are only available to stream in the US.)

While I'm thrilled to see some personal favorites in this set, including Midnight, The Lady Eve, and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, I'm even more excited to find several movies I haven't had the opportunity to watch before. If you have any personal favorites in this list, let me know in the comments!

For even more classic movies about love in disguise, see The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), Sylvia Scarlett (1935), The Mark of Zorro (1940), The Court Jester (1955), and, of course, Some Like It Hot (1959).