Ernst Lubitsch

[FrauBlucher]

And because now I can do this,

Top 5 silents

1. The Oyster Princess
2. The Wild Cat
3. So This Is Paris
4. The Doll
5. Romeo and Juliet in the Snow

Top 5 sound

1. To Be or Not To Be
2. Heaven Can Wait
3. Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife
4. Trouble in Paradise
5. Cluny Brown

My top 5 sound… I haven’t seen his silents yet..

1- TROUBLE IN PARADISE (especially after the restoration)
2- THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (the best unassuming Christmastime movie)
3- HEAVEN CAN WAIT (the most sentimental of Lubitsch without the worst parts of sentimentality)
5- TO BE OR NOT TO BE (can attacking Nazis with humor be any better than this)
4- CLUNY BROWN (Jennifer Jones at her best)

… and speaking of silents SO THIS IS PARIS is on TCM SEPT 14 12:30 AM.

[therewillbeblus]

I'd amend both of those lists today mostly to switch around the order, but especially to include The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg at the top of my silents!

[pistolwink]

This very confusingly-worded clue appeared on a recent rerun of Jeopardy.

[Michael Kerpan]

Why not just start out at "This"?

Oh well, es mach(t) nichts.

[Lowry_Sam]

That's worded very poorly. If I were playing I probably wouldn't have answered despite knowing the answer.

German for "serious" & first name of a physicist & a director of "Trouble In Paradise"

would be better. Has Jeopardy degraded that much? Haven't seen it in a few years.

I missed opportunties to see his silents this past year, so from what I've seen so far:

1. To Be Or Not To Be
2. Design For Living
3. Angel
4. Ninotchka
5. Cluny Brown