LUBITSCH MUSICALS:ECLIPSE SERIES 8

"Not only the man who refined Hollywood comedy with such masterpieces as Trouble in Paradise, The Shop Around the Corner and To Be or Not to Be, Ernst Lubitsch also helped invent the modern movie musical. With the advent of sound, Lubitsch combined his love of European operettas and his mastery of film to create this entirely new genre. These elegant, bawdy films, made before strict enforcement of the Hays morality code, feature some of the greatest stars of early Hollywood, as well as that elusive style of comedy that would forever be known as the Lubitsch touch. Includes The Love Parade (1929), Monte Carlo (1930), The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) and One Hour With You (1932). The Criterion Colelction."