The Smiling Lieutenant
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) is one of Ernst Lubitsch’s most important pre-code operetta films because it marks the beginning of his collaboration with Miriam Hopkins. While Hopkins is very good… Read more »
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Die Bergkatze
Pola Negri and Ernst Lubitsch knew each other from the Berlin stage before they ever made a film together. And, if one is to believe Norman Zierold, Lubitsch got the… Read more »
Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife
For many Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938) is lesser Ernst Lubitsch. Sure Lubitsch and star Claudette Colbert could never top the “Jazz Up Your Lingerie” sequence in The Smiling Lieutenant (1931),… Read more »
