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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... seemed he was working as a messenger boy on the Fox lot during the production of Lubitsch's Heaven Can Wait . Lubitsch was needed in the office and Wurtzel had to go fetch him . Lubitsch was working on an old stage on Western Avenue , a ...
... , dragged kicking and screaming into the world , but , magically , this book seemed to want to be written . It's a pleasure to welcome Laughter in Paradise back into print . prologue Los Angeles Thursday , March 13 , 1947 The.
... seemed as if he 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 ...
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