On the other hand, even casual film fans have heard the name Ernst Lubitsch.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Movies That Changed Us] Reference

However, if she worked with a director she trusted and admired, such as Lubitsch, Mamoulian, and Wyler, the results could be magic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alternative Film Guide] Reference

In response to Keaton and Lubitsch (April 2, 1981).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chaplin and Lubitsch] Reference

When Lubitsch arrived, however, things started to change.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Importance of Seeing Ernst] Reference

In "To Be or Not to Be," Lubitsch was after fearless farce.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bubbly Mix of Zaniness and Doom] Reference

Lubitsch opened his heart for perhaps the first time ever in his work.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenCine Daily: Shorts, 4/9.] Reference

Lubitsch has such a light touch that the serious subtext skates by quickly.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bubbly Mix of Zaniness and Doom] Reference

"Lunch," Old Man Lubitsch agrees, and for a moment I believe he smiles at me.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Gone-Away World'] Reference

Lubitsch puts his finger on bullying as the basic emotional truth of occupation.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bubbly Mix of Zaniness and Doom] Reference

"How would Lubitsch do it?" says a sign that hangs on the door of Wilder's office.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobody's Perfect] Reference

Lubitsch himself liked this film so much he remade it in 1932 as One Hour With You.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Farr: Laughing in Style: That Special 'Lubitsch Touch'] Reference

Such figures are the same the world over, Lubitsch is saying, and essentially harmless.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bubbly Mix of Zaniness and Doom] Reference

"The Lubitsch Touch is the inevitable title for a major Pacific Film Archive retrospective.".    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenCine Daily: Fests and events, 1/19. US edition.] Reference

With pictures like Ninotchka, we can savor this unique and very special Lubitsch feeling forever.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Awful Truth Gives Michael Moore a New Channel, and Some New Targets] Reference

Old Man Lubitsch holds up a single gloved hand, a sinner lost to apiarism, requesting indulgence.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Gone-Away World'] Reference

Lubitsch lampooned the Nazis, even as he illustrated the power of acting and the importance of resistance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Forbidden Broadway, To Be or Not To Be] Reference

Or those Lubitsch comedies with their flirty innuendos and musky intrigues so redolent of Paris and Budapest?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hix Nix Crix Pix: James Wolcott] Reference

Anyone who's only heard of "The Lubitsch Touch" should experience it firsthand via these four early sound gems.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Farr: Laughing in Style: That Special 'Lubitsch Touch'] Reference

They fail to specify whether it's the exquisite 1943 Ernst Lubitsch original or the inferior 1978 Warren Beatty remake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adrien Brody's The Jacket Asks: Are We Really Sane or Insane?] Reference

Yet while most of DeMille is pretty forgettable, if sometimes fun, Lubitsch is always fun and often as good as it gets.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Importance of Seeing Ernst] Reference

Lubitsch used to say, "I have been to Paris, France, and I have been to Paris, Paramount – I prefer Paris, Paramount.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Awful Truth Gives Michael Moore a New Channel, and Some New Targets] Reference

Even the dialogue is rhymed, like an operetta, all of which might explain why Lubitsch called it a "grotesque in four acts.".    From Wordnik.com.  [John Farr: Laughing in Style: That Special 'Lubitsch Touch'] Reference

Finally, Lubitsch came up with it: Fade in on a shot of a back door to a building at night, a dog sniffing around a garbage can.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Importance of Seeing Ernst] Reference

Indeed, Lubitsch was well known in the business for giving his actors extremely precise instructions on how to play their roles.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Importance of Seeing Ernst] Reference

He created a glamorous fantasy based on the movies he'd loved as a kid-Astaire and Rogers, the Lubitsch of "Trouble in Paradise.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Avedon] Reference

Along with the rarefied atmosphere, the snappy dialogue and witty ripostes exemplify what came to be called "The Lubitsch Touch.".    From Wordnik.com.  [John Farr: The Best Depression-Era Comedies by Farr] Reference

"This masterpiece of Chaplin," he said, "created a style which inspired Lubitsch; its imprint can be found on his best comedies.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Chaplin and Lubitsch] Reference

No duds are to be found in the whole bunch, and one just wants to stay transported to that magical sphere Lubitsch created for us.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Farr: Laughing in Style: That Special 'Lubitsch Touch'] Reference

Soon enough, Lubitsch entered the emerging film business, learning the craft quickly and exhibiting even more flair behind the camera.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Farr: Laughing in Style: That Special 'Lubitsch Touch'] Reference

Also: The new Kino set Lubitsch in Berlin contains five films on four discs, each as beautifully designed and wittily executed as the next.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenCine Daily: Shorts, 12/12.] Reference