Ernst Lubitsch

Submitted by kaplan on Sun, 03/29/2009 - 03:07
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  1. Must-see

  2. Highly recommended

  3. Ninotchka (1939)
  4. La veuve joyeuse (The Merry Widow) (1934)
  5. A Royal Scandal (1945) (co-directed with Otto Preminger)

  6. Recommended

  7. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
  8. Romeo und Julia im Schnee (Romeo and Juliet in the Snow) (1919)
  9. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
  10. Design for Living (1933)
  11. The Shop around the Corner (1940)
  12. The Love Parade (1929)
  13. Die Puppe (The Doll) (1919)

  14. Worth a look

  15. The Marriage Circle (1924)
  16. That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
  17. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
  18. Eternal Love (1929)
  19. Broken Lullaby (1932)

  20. Not bad but why don't you read a good book instead

  21. Die Austernprinzessin (The Oyster Princess) (1919)
  22. Die Augen der Mumie Mâ (The Eyes of Mummy Mâ) (1918)

  23. Patience is running out

  24. Ein fideles Gefängnis (The Merry Jail) (1917)
  25. Three Women (1924)
  26. Ich möchte kein Mann sein (I Don't Want to Be a Man) (1918)
  27. Schuhpalast Pinkus (Shoe Salon Pinkus) (1916)

  28. Never mind

  29. Avoid

Author Comments: 

Films by Ernst Lubitsch in order of preference

To be seen: 19
- Carmen (1918)
- Meyer aus Berlin (Meyer from Berlin) (1919)
- Madamme DuBarry (1919)
- Kohlhiesels Töchter (Köhlhiesel's Daughters) (1920)
- Sumurun (One Arabian Night) (1920)
- Anna Boleyn (1920)
- Die Bergkatze (The Wildcat) (1921)
- Das Weib des Pharao (Pharoah's Wife) (1922)
- Rosita (1923)
- So This Is Paris (1926)
- The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
- Monte Carlo (1930)
- The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
- One Hour with You (1932) (co-directed with George Cukor)
- Une heure près de toi [= French version of One Hour with You] (1932) (co-directed with George Cukor)
- Angel (1937)
- Heaven Can Wait (1943)
- Cluny Brown (1946)
- That Lady in Ermine (1948)

[I am not listing the lost films]

Need to see again:
- Forbidden Paradise (1924)
- Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
- The Merry Widow (1934)

seaneb1412/03/2009

May I ask where you found "Romeo and Juliet in the Snow"? I've been looking for that one for a long time. I was told it was lost.

kaplan12/08/2009

I saw it when it was shown at the Cinematek in Brussels, earlier this year. It was a copy from the Filmarchiv Austria.