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Early work, 1913–1921. Lubitsch, c. 1920. In 1913, Lubitsch made his film debut as an actor in The Ideal Wife. He gradually abandoned acting to concentrate on directing. He appeared in approximately 30 films as an actor between 1912 and 1920.
Jan 20, 2017 · “I feel sorry for people who have never seen an Ernst Lubitsch movie; they are missing such delights.” — Peter Bogdanovich I’m often asked by well-intentioned and interested friends ...
He became very successful as a comedian and soon began writing and directing his own films. Gradually, Lubitsch abandoned acting to concentrate on directing and in 1918 he made his mark as a serious director with Die Augen der Mummie Ma (The Eyes of the Mummy), a tragic drama starring Pola Negri.
Jun 15, 2003 · ''Trouble in Paradise,'' made in 1932, is a late gasp of Continental sexual candor before the imposition of the 1933 Production Code, but the Code's strictures were, for Lubitsch, a spur to...
Joseph McBride analyzes Lubitsch's films in rich detail in the first in-depth critical study to consider the full scope of his work and its evolution in both his native and adopted lands. McBride explains the "Lubitsch Touch" and shows how the director challenged American attitudes toward romance and sex.
Sep 28, 2018 · Once the Breen Office clamped down on censorship, Lubitsch retreated from the bawdy, sexual banter of films like The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) to a much more conventional “invisible” Hollywood style that avoided overt expressions of sexual desire.
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Ernst Lubitsch Timeline. 1892: Ernst Lubitsch is born on January 29 in Berlin, Germany. 1911: Joined Max Reinhardt's famous Deutsches Theater, where he rapidly advanced from bit parts to character leads. 1912 : Worked as an apprentice and general-purpose handyman at Berlin's Bioscope film studios.
