Ernst Lubitsch Articles

Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer in Ernst Lubitsch’s The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (top); Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, second husband Martin Arrouge (bottom) Norma Shearer may not be a household name today, but back in the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s all the way to the early 1940s, Shearer’s star shone brighter than most. Turner Classic Movies is dedicating Thursday, Aug. 12, to the [...]

Christophe Honoré’s Homme au bain / Man at Bath, Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond’s La Petite chambre / The Little Room, and Bruce LaBruce’s L.A. Zombie are three of the movies in competition for the Golden Leopard at the 2010 Locarno Film Festival. Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo will preside the international competition’s six-person jury. Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass‘ Cyrus, Valdis Óskarsdóttir’s King’s Road, Cédric [...]

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg / Old Heidelberg (1927) Direction: Ernst Lubitsch Screenplay: Hans Kräly; titles by Ruth Cummings and Marian Ainslee; from Sigmund Romberg and Dorothy Donnelly’s operetta The Student Prince, based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster’s novel Karl Heinrich and play Old Heidelberg Cast: Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Jean Hersholt, Philippe de Lacy, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Edgar Norton, Bobby Mack, Edward Connelly   Ramon [...]

Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas in Ninotchka (top); Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford in The Way We Were (bottom) From the Romanovs’ last stand to Warren Beatty’s first solo directorial effort: On every Wednesday in January 2010, Turner Classic Movies will present the 20-film festival "Shadows of Russia," a showcase of Hollywood movies portraying Russia (and/or the Soviet Union) and the sociopolitical reverberations of Communism throughout the [...]