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Ernst Lubitsch: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born January 29, 1892 • Berlin • Germany
Died November 30, 1947 (aged 55) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works “Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife” • “Monte Carlo” • “Ninotchka” • “One Hour with You” • “Rosita” • “That Uncertain Feeling” • “The Love Parade” • “The Smiling Lieutenant” • “To Be or Not to Be” • “Trouble in Paradise”

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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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