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"The Lubitsch Touch" is a brief description that embraces a long list of virtues: sophistication, style, subtlety, wit, charm, elegance, suavity, polished nonchalance and audacious sexual nuance." -- Richard Christiansen "The subtle humor and virtuoso visual wit in the films of Ernst Lubitsch.
Apr 21, 2015 · In this groundbreaking biography of Ernst Lubitsch, undeniably one of the most important and influential film directors and artists of all time, critic and biographer Scott Eyman, author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller John Wayne, examines not just the films Lubitsch created, but explores as well the life of the man, a life full of both great successes and overwhelming insecurities. The result is a fascinating look at a man and an era—Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Dec 13, 2023 · Ernst Lubitsch's 1940 romantic-comedy The Shop Around the Corner sees Stewart play Alfred Kralik, the top salesman at the Budapest leather goods store Matuschek and Company. After immediately ...
Ernst Lubitsch’s Heaven Can Wait, nominated for Academy Awards for best picture and director, is an enduring classic that showcases the filmmaker’s trademark blend of wit, urbanity, and grace. Deceased playboy Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche) presents himself to the outer offices of Hades, where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter through the gates of hell.
Mar 13, 2011 · Released in 1919, Ernst Lubitsch’s Die Austernprinzessin (The Oyster Princess), a “grotesque comedy in four acts,” treats the eponymous shellfish heiress’s (Ossi Oswalda as Ossi) search for a quick marriage with a member of the titled aristocracy – in this instance Harry Liedtke as Prince Nucki. At the commencement of the second act, the Prince’s representative Josef (Julius Falkenstein) is sent to meet the princess in the nobleman’s stead.
Ernst Lubitsch. 1,262 likes · 62 talking about this. The "Cinema of Ernst Lubitsch" Facebook page is a place for fans of the great movie director to comm
