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Ernst Lubitsch: Sein oder Nichtsein (1942)
- Date of Birth: 28 January, 1892
- Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
- Biography: Ernst Lubitsch (January 28, 1892 – November 30, 1947), was a German-born Jewish film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch".
Filmography
- To Be or Not to Be (1984)
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
- That Lady in Ermine (1948)
- Cluny Brown (1946)
- Dragonwyck (1946)
- A Royal Scandal (1945)
- Heaven Can Wait (1943)
- To Be or Not to Be (1942)
- That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
- Ninotchka (1940)
- The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
- Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
News
"Trouble in Paradise" (1932; Ernst Lubitsch): The Lubitsch touch, those glimmering fingerprints, are all over this velvet comedy (put out by the Criterion Collection). Silky-suave Herbert Marshall and kewpie-doll-cute Miriam Hopkins are lovers and thieves who connive to rob a... ... Full Article
'Bunch of Guys on a Mission Movie'
nytimes.com –
2009-05-10
"I'm curious to see how it's going to be received in Germany," Mr. Brühl, 30, said, placing the movie in the tradition of Ernst Lubitsch 's "To Be or Not To Be" (1942) and Charlie Chaplin 's "Great Dictator" (1940). ... Full Article
Accent on Youth
nymag.com –
2009-05-02
D avid Hyde Pierce has an air of nebbishy elegance that's perfect for Samson Raphaelson's 1934 Accent on Youth, about a successful playwright who's so accepting of middle age that he almost pushes away the greatest restorative of all, love. ... Full Article
'YOUTH' IS WASTED
nypost.com –
2009-04-30
ONLY hard-core TCM geeks may recognize Samson Raphael son's name these days. A shame, since he wrote or adapted some of the best com edies of the 1930s and '40s for Ernst Lubitsch, including "Trouble in Paradise," "The Shop Around... ... Full Article
Romance minus the schmaltz: 29 falling-in-love movies we actually believe in
avclub.com –
2009-02-08
The meet-cute is one of the many standard and stale features of romantic comedies, but there's never been a better one than the charming encounter between two professional thieves in Ernst Lubitsch's screwball classic. ... Full Article
Warner Bros. didn't make the most expensive movies, or even necessarily the best movies, but they certainly made the fastest. In the silent days they tried to compete with Paramount and MGM by hiring prestige talents like John Barrymore and... ... Full Article