Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in ParadiseWhen movie lovers speak of the "Lubitsch touch," they refer to a singular sense of style and taste, humor and humanity, that suffused the films of one of Hollywood's greatest directors. In this first ever full-length biography of Ernst Lubitsch, Scott Eyman takes readers behind the scenes of such classic films as Trouble in Paradise (1932), The Merry Widow (1934), Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938), Ninotchka (1939), The Shop around the Corner (1940), To Be or Not to Be (1942), and Heaven Can Wait (1943), which together constitute one of the most important and influential bodies of work in Hollywood. Eyman examines both the films Lubitsch crafted and the life he lived—his great successes and his overwhelming anxieties—to create an indelible portrait of Hollywood's Golden Age and one of its most respected artists. |
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... knew we were making art . -john ford " I'd like to repay you ... " " All right , give me a letter of introduction to Lubitsch . " " I might be able to do that too ... Who's Lubitsch ? " sturges's - from pres ton sulliv an's travels ...
... knew Lubitsch in his days in Germany , and I ended up spend- ing days with his niece , who live fifteen minutes from my front door . An overheard remark led to Lubitsch's stepson . A casual conversation with Lupita Tovar Kohner , the ...
... knew the pain well by this time , the heavy , wheezing , crunching aggression in the chest that sliced off his breathing . And he knew what it could mean . It might last three minutes , or as long as six or seven , but he could never ...
... knew he had to hurry , for , by the time Lubitsch was twenty he was moving in the highest reaches of the European theater ; at thirty , he was directing the most popular movie star in the world . He was even in a hurry on the set ...
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