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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-100671749366
ISBN-139780671749361
eBay Product ID (ePID)1280157
Product Key Features
Book TitleErnst Lubitsch : Laughter in Paradise
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts)
Publication Year1993
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorScott Eyman
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight26.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN93-025608
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal791.43/0233/092 B
SynopsisWith a New Preface by the Author "None of us thought we were making anything but entertainment for the moment. Only Ernst Lubitsch knew we were making art."--John Ford When movie lovers speak of the "Lubitsch touch," they refer to a singular sense of style and taste, humor and humanity, that suffused the films of one of Hollywood's greatest directors. In this first ever full-length biography of Ernst Lubitsch, Scott Eyman takes readers behind the scenes of such classic films as Trouble in Paradise (1932), The Merry Widow (1934), Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938), Ninotchka (1939), The Shop around the Corner (1940), To Be or Not to Be (1942), and Heaven Can Wait (1943), which together constitute one of the most important and influential bodies of work in Hollywood. Eyman examines both the films Lubitsch crafted and the life he lived--his great successes and his overwhelming anxieties--to create an indelible portrait of Hollywood's Golden Age and one of its most respected artists.