Why, I wonder, don't we watch this unique collaboration of Wilder and Lubitsch more often? It was written by Wilder, Charles Brackett and Walter Reisch, from Melchior Lengel's play, and features a terrific trio of Russian delegates in the shape of Lubitsch regulars Felix Bressart, Sig Ruman and Alexander Granach (who effectively reappear in Wilder's own One Two Three).
Lubitsch touch evident right from the word go, the three appearing one by one in posh hotel lobby; also with scene featuring hijinks in hotel (told through Lubitsch trademark sequence of opening and closing doors).
Shot by Garbo regular Bill Daniels for MGM, with Melvyn Douglas.
Of all the ridiculous Hollywood hats of this era, this is perhaps the most ridiculous.
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