• How Would Lubitsch Do It?

  • Written by: Devan Scott
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How Would Lubitsch Do It?

Written by: Devan Scott
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  • HOW WOULD LUBITSCH DO IT? is a journey through the life and works of Ernst Lubitsch in chronological order, one film at a time. In this film history podcast, host Devan Scott will facilitate a series of discussions about all 43 of Ernst Lubitsch’s surviving films, from Wo ist mein Schatz to Cluny Brown. Each episode will consist of a mix of historical background and a discussion with a rotating slate of guests - critics, academics, and filmmakers - about one of Lubitsch’s films.
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Episodes
  • S5E02 - Bluebeard's Eighth Wife [1938] with Olympia Kiriakou

    S5E02 - Bluebeard's Eighth Wife [1938] with Olympia Kiriakou
    May 14 2024

    Film historian and podcast host Dr. Olympia Kiriakou joins us to discuss Lubitsch’s sole screwball comedy: BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE. We run down the definition of “screwball” through lenses of class, sex, tone, and pace; the impact of the production code on the genre; the uneasy fit between Lubitsch and the genre; the film’s terrific meet-cute; the introduction of two upstarts named Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett; and much more!

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    Edited by Sophia Yoon.

    NEXT WEEK:

    Podcaster and actor Griffin Newman joins us to discuss NINOTCHKA.. For information as to where to find this film, check out our resources page.

    WORKS CITED:

    Becoming Carole Lombard by Olympia Kiriakou

    The Screwball Story Podcast
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    48 mins
  • S5E01 - Angel [1937] with Chris Cassingham

    S5E01 - Angel [1937] with Chris Cassingham
    May 7 2024

    Film programmer and curator Chris Cassingham joins us to discuss Lubitsch’s ambiguous, cloistered chamber drama ANGEL. We cover Lubitsch’s newfound low-key late period style, the withholding nature of both the film’s characters and the film itself, interwar politics, the film’s deeply-encoded implications, Marlena Dietrich’s persona, and our feminist readings of the text.

    We have a Discord!

    Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify

    NEXT WEEK:

    Film historian Dr. Olympia Kiriakou joins us to discuss BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE. For information as to where to find this film, check out our resources page.

    WORKS CITED:

    Adrian Martin's review of ANGEL
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    52 mins
  • S5E0.5 - Desire [1936] with Imogen Sara Smith

    S5E0.5 - Desire [1936] with Imogen Sara Smith
    Apr 30 2024

    Film writer and author Imogen Sara Smith joins us to discuss Frank Borzage’s DESIRE, produced by Ernst Lubitsch during his tenure as Production Head at Paramount Studios! In this episode, we discuss the state of Lubitsch’s career in this time of personal and political upheaval, the state of Hollywood in the Hays Code era, the the careers of Marlene Dietrich and Frank Borzage, the film’s relationship with genre, and the code-mandated final beat of the plot.

    We have a Discord!

    Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify

    Edited by Brennen King

    NEXT WEEK:

    Film programmer and curator Chris Cassingham joins us to discuss ANGEL. For information as to where to find this film, check out our resources page.

    WORKS CITED:

    The Motion Picture Production ("Hays") Code [Full Text]

    Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend by Steven Bach
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    55 mins
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