{"product_id":"eclipse-series-8-lubitsch-musicals-us-import-blu-ray","title":"Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals (US Import BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUS Import\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRenowned as a silent-film pioneer and the man who refined Hollywood comedy with such masterpieces as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrouble in Paradise, The Shop Around the Corner,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo Be or Not to Be,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eErnst Lubitsch also had another claim to fame: he helped invent the modern movie musical. With the advent of sound, and with audiences clamoring for “talkies,” Lubitsch combined his love of European operettas and his mastery of cinema to develop this entirely new genre. These elegant, bawdy films, made before strict enforcement of the moralizing Production Code, feature some of the greatest stars of early Hollywood (Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins), as well as that elusive style of comedy that would thereafter be known as “the Lubitsch touch.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp itemprop=\"name\" class=\"header__primarytitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Love Parade\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErnst Lubitsch’s first full talkie was also Hollywood’s first movie musical to integrate songs with narrative. Additionally,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Love Parade\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emade stars out of toast-of-Paris Maurice Chevalier and girl-from-Philly Jeanette MacDonald, cast as a womanizing military attaché and the man-hungry queen of “Sylvania,” respectively. With its naughty innuendo and satiric romance,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Love Parade\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eopened the door for a decade of witty screen battles of the sexes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Love Parade\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas restored in 4K resolution by Universal Pictures in collaboration with The Film Foundation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp itemprop=\"name\" class=\"header__primarytitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonte Carlo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp itemprop=\"name\" class=\"header__primarytitle\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJeanette MacDonald’s independent-minded countess leaves her foppish prince fiancé at the altar, and whisks herself away to the Riviera. There, she strikes the fancy of the sly Count Rudolph (theater veteran Jack Buchanan), who poses as a hairdresser to get into her boudoir. 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Ernst Lubitsch’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Smiling Lieutenant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a delightful showcase for its rising female stars, who are never more charming than when Colbert tunefully instructs Hopkins, “Jazz Up Your Lingerie.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Smiling Lieutenant\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ewas restored in 2K resolution by the Criterion Collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne Hour with You\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErnst Lubitsch reunites Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, this time as a seemingly blissful couple whose marriage hits the skids when her flirtatious school chum comes on to her husband a bit too strong. Necking in the park at nighttime, husbands and wives having casual dalliances, and a butler telling his master, “I did so want to see you in tights!”: Lubitsch’s final pre-Code musical is one of his sauciest escapades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne Hour with You\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas restored in 4K resolution by Universal Pictures.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn essay by author and film critic Michael Koresky\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Criterion Collection (US)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44857124192456,"sku":"715515330411","price":134.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/lubitschmuscialsbd.png?v=1763868189","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/eclipse-series-8-lubitsch-musicals-us-import-blu-ray","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}