Saturday, 15 August 2015

To Be Or Not To Be (1942 Ernst Lubitsch)

Delicious, anti-Nazi comedy (never have 'Heil Hitlers' been so funny) - had to follow PB with Lubitsch really. Jack Benny is so funny, especially in 'To be or not to be' sequences. Episode with he, Sig Ruman and beards is priceless. Fantastic cast comprises Carole Lombard, Felix Bressart, Robert Stack, Lionel Atwill and Stanley Ridges (the real Prof. Siletsky).

From a story by Melchior Lengyel (also Ninotchka), written by Edwin Justus Mayer, photographed by Rudolph Maté, edited by the legendary Dorothy Spencer.

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