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Aug 8, 2022 · Ernst Lubitsch Made the Hollywood Comedy Sublime. His acolyte Billy Wilder is better remembered, but Lubitsch’s wit reigns supreme. By Alex Ross. August 8, 2022. Technically virtuosic,...
Ernst Lubitsch (/ ˈ l uː b ɪ tʃ /; January 29, 1892 – November 30, 1947) was a German-born American film director, producer, writer, and actor. 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".
Jun 14, 2022 · Updated June 14, 2022, 4:13 p.m. ET. The Ernst Lubitsch Estate -- built in Bel-Air for the Berlin-born producer, writer and actor of the same name -- was last listed more than six decades ago...
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- Madame DuBarry (1919) Having initially specialised in comedies with a Jewish slapstick flavour, Lubitsch became “the great humaniser of history” with Madame DuBarry and Anna Boleyn.
- The Marriage Circle (1924) When his much-vaunted Hollywood partnership with actor Mary Pickford ended after Rosita (1923), Lubitsch decamped to Warners.
- So This Is Paris (1926) Having refined his celebrated ‘touch’ in Forbidden Paradise (1924) and Kiss Me Again (1925), Lubitsch opted for a little optical exuberance in this exquisite marriage comedy.
- The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) Having acted in a 1915 take on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster’s novel, Karl Heinrich, Erich von Stroheim was slated to direct this lavish MGM adaptation as a follow-up to The Merry Widow (1925).
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Oct 28, 2015 · With “To Be or Not to Be,” director Ernst Lubitsch achieved something astonishing: He laughed in the face of the Nazis by creating a comedy that illustrates how their ideology makes them...
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Jun 16, 2022 · June 16, 2022 8 AM PT. In Bel-Air, a trophy estate built for famed director Ernst Lubitsch just hit the market for $20 million. It’s the first time the home has surfaced for sale in 60 years ...
Sep 10, 2021 · The Front Row. What to Stream: Ernst Lubitsch’s Most Underrated Sex Comedy. Filmed in 1940, under the censorious Hays Code, “That Uncertain Feeling” nonetheless gets away with flagrantly...
