The Shop Around the Corner
1940
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Mar 22, 2024 · Ernst Lubitsch, German-born American motion-picture director who was best known for sophisticated comedies of manners and romantic comedies. His movies included The Smiling Lieutenant (1931), One Hour with You (1932), Trouble in Paradise (1932), Design for Living (1933), and The Shop Around the Corner (1940).
January 29, 1892 · Berlin, Germany. Died. November 30, 1947 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack) Nickname. Lu. Height. 5′ 7″ (1.70 m) Mini Bio. From Ernst Lubitsch's experiences in Sophien Gymnasium (high school) theater, he decided to leave school at the age of 16 and pursue a career on the stage.
Jan 30, 2018 · Ernst Lubitsch: 10 essential films. From To Be or Not to Be to The Shop around the Corner, here are 10 places to discover the legendary ‘Lubitsch touch’ of one of old Hollywood’s greatest directors.
Ernst Lubitsch ( / ˈluːbɪtʃ /; January 29, 1892 – November 30, 1947) was a German-born 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".
Nov 29, 2021 · He’s best remembered today for the dazzlingly elegant serio-comedies he made in Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s, films that ran rings around the censors with their adventurously modern approach to sexual relationships and gender roles, and their ingenious solutions to production code mandates.
Dec 2, 2008 · Director, actor, and producer. One of the great geniuses of comedy in the cinema, Lubitsch was the most successful of the many émigrés and exiles in his transition from Weimar Germany to...
Ernst Lubitsch, (born Jan. 29, 1892, Berlin, Ger.—died Nov. 30, 1947, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.), German-U.S. film director.
