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Ernst Lubitsch Mary Pickford as Rosita stands outdoors in a tattered dress, playing a guitar and smiling, in a scene from the 1923 film Rosita directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Gary Cooper, Fredric March, and Miriam Hopkins sit on a bench in a scene from Design for Living (1933), with Cooper holding March's face while Hopkins looks on. Claudette Colbert, wearing a fur collar and beret, looks out the open window of a car in a scene from Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938). Greta Garbo, wearing a white gown and blindfold, stands beside Melvyn Douglas, who leans in closely, in a scene from Ninotchka (1939) directed by Ernst Lubitsch. James Stewart sits beside Margaret Sullavan, who is reading a letter in bed, in a scene from Shop Around the Corner (1940). A lamp and small table are visible behind them. Jack Benny, center, and Carole Lombard, center right, with a group of actors in period costumes gathered around a spiral staircase in a scene from the film To Be or Not to Be (1942). Don Ameche, in a tuxedo, sits beside Gene Tierney, who is reclining on a couch in an elaborate gown, in a scene from Heaven Can Wait (1943) with bookshelves in the background.
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Anniversary information added. Jan 24, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 26, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 22, 2024
Added cross-references. Mar 13, 2020
Changed his birth date from "January 28" to "January 29." Nov 07, 2017
Added photographs. Jun 11, 2014
Article thoroughly revised. Nov 23, 2013
Modified link of Web site: AllMovie.com - Biography of Ernst Lubitsch. Nov 08, 2013
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Ernst Lubitsch. Aug 22, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMovie.com - Biography of Ernst Lubitsch. Aug 22, 2013
Add new Web site: Dartmouth College - Biography of Ernst Lubitsch. May 04, 2012
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Biography of Ernst Lubitsch. May 04, 2012
Media added. Jan 04, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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