MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Great man. His only mistake was he attacked too early. That’s how he lost Waterloo.”
Jeanette MacDonald in The Merry Widow (1934)
#TheMerryWidow #TheMerryWidow1934 #Lubitsch #ErnstLubitsch #JeanetteMacDonald #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday

#Bales2023FilmChallenge July 1: A #joke for #InternationalJokeDay

The great Garbo was known for her beauty, her coolness, her tragedy, everything but her laughter. Such a typecast it became that the tagline for *Ninotchka* (1939) – Garbo laughs! – is a #joke in itself.

Penned by the great Billy Wilder, the Ernst #Lubitsch directed comedy unexpectedly temporarily revived #Garbo's career, who had by the time 1938 came around had become box office.

#film #cinema #FilMastodon #CineMastodon @film

We're done now with winter, right? For me, the season isn't over 'til the tall man laughs. Behold: Gary Cooper in Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, a #Lubitsch comedy. https://jeffheinrich.com/Winter-2022-23-on-Blu-ray
@indicatorseries@SecondRunDVD

We're done now with winter, right? For me, the season isn't over 'til the tall man laughs. Behold: Gary Cooper in Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, a #Lubitsch comedy. https://jeffheinrich.com/Winter-2022-23-on-Blu-ray @indicatorseries @SecondRunDVD
https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExMTZkYTI0YTNkZWUyMTUyNmJmNzBmMDM5ZTc0MjJjM2E1YTQ1ZGQ3MSZjdD1n/wPcgsyV40uThS/giphy.gif

3 things about IF I HAD A MILLION [1932]

1. Raspberry.
2. He’ll need to get his hat reblocked.
3. All she wants is to make some biscuits and have a cat.

Directed by Ernst #Lubitsch, Norman Taurog, Stephen Roberts, Norman Z. McLeod, James Cruze, William A. Seiter, and H. Bruce Humberstone!

#3things #WCFields #movies #cinemastodon

I started with going deep on #WalterReisch (set off by his co-write, with #BillyWilder, on #Ninotchka) and that led me #WilliForst, first as actor then director and producer, then #GezavonBolvary and the whole #ViennaFilms genre made in Germany beginning in the silent 1920's and continuing through WWII, with the consent of the #ThirdReich. #Lubitsch is here as is #ZoltanKorda and #AntonWalbrook, all in German. Have any of you #filmnerds been this way? Any tips?

You should watch the whole film, but if you've only got 2 minutes to spare, then I implore you to check out the #Lubitsch episode of IF I HAD A MILLION. Instant smile on your face.

https://vimeo.com/278661040

#cinemastodon #CharlesLaughton

MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Well, boys, it’s the only thing we can do. Let’s forget sex . No sex.”
Miriam Hopkins in Design for Living
#designforliving #lubitsch #ernstlubitsch #miriamhopkins #benhecht #noelcoward
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday

David Olère was also an important artist in #film. Before WW2, Olère worked a set builder (see link) for Ernst #Lubitsch at the Europäische Film Allianz, and designed costumes and posters for #Paramount Pictures.

#NeverForget that the #Holocaust affected everyone, any background, age, profession. And #NeverForget history repeats itself, unless we learn.

https://www.betterdressesvintage.com/blogs/from-my-closet/13882773-silent-movie-the-loves-of-pharaoh

I watched TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932) and I thoroughly enjoyed it. One of the best romantic comedies I've seen in a while.

https://oraymw.wordpress.com/2023/01/04/trouble-in-paradise-1932/

#TroubleInParadise #PreHaysCode #Film #Cinema #Movies #Lubitsch #GoldenAgeOfHollywood

Being on a #Lubitsch kick I've watched "Trouble in Paradise" (⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ) and "Heaven Can Wait" (__). Have previously seen "Ninotchka" & "To Be or Not to Be" (both = ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐) and next up is "The Shop Around the Corner."
After that I suppose I'll sift thru some of his other films in no particular order, just to see what's what.

RT @holyspacemonkey
Lupino Lane (Ida Lupino’s cousin) and Lillian Roth’s musical comedy number “Let’s Be Common” is my favorite part of “The Love Parade” (1929), and it’s on YouTube! So ICYMI, #TCMParty:
😂 https://youtu.be/FtoyL6l4p6I
#TheLoveParade #Lubitsch #PreCode #TCMParty 🎶

Alice in the cities #Wenders
Stolen kisses #Truffaut
Inside Llewyn Davis #Coens
Conversation piece #Visconti
The firemen's ball #Forman
Brazil #Gilliam
Design for living #Lubitsch

#7FilmsToKnowMe #Film #movies

https://derwahlberliner.com/2022/05/08/das-weib-des-pharao-de-1922-filmfest-776-dgr/

Das Weib des Pharao (DE 1922)

#Movies #FIlmfest #Film #SilentFilm #SilentMovie #Lubitsch #Jannings #DasWeibdesPharao #DE1922 #Germany #History #Egypt #TheLovesofPharao

„Wenn der Mensch die Lippen bewegt, muss man auch hören, was er sagt." – Im Januar 1929 beginnt die #Tonfilm -Ära in Deutschland. Anfangs werden diese Filme auch "Talkie" genannt. Der Filmregisseur Ernst #Lubitsch (1892 - 1947) gehörte zu den Pionieren des Tonfilms mit seinem Hollywoodfilm "Loveparade". Hier ein Interview mit ihm - 90 Jahre ist das her! #kino #filmgeschichte
https://www.swr.de/swr2/wissen/archivradio/ernst-lubitsch-1932-ueber-den-tonfilm-100.html

It's always a good day for #Lubitsch, but today is an especially good day for #Lubitsch. https://youtu.be/NdHbEnTBzKs

It's always a good day for #Lubitsch, but today is an especially good day for #Lubitsch. https://youtu.be/NdHbEnTBzKs