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Ninotchka is a 1939 American romantic comedy film made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by producer and director Ernst Lubitsch and starring Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. [1] It was written by Billy Wilder , Charles Brackett , and Walter Reisch , [ 1 ] based on a story by Melchior Lengyel .
Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor.Douglas came to prominence in 1929 as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the romantic comedy Ninotchka (1939) with Greta Garbo.
Ninotchka; Directed by: Tom Donovan: Written by: Roger O. Hirson (1960 adaptation) Melchior Lengyel (story) Screenplay by: Charles Brackett (1939 screenplay)) Walter Reisch (1939 screenplay) Billy Wilder (1939 screenplay) Produced by: David Susskind: Starring: Maria Schell Gig Young Zsa Zsa Gabor: Distributed by: American Broadcasting Company
He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1939, having spent time in Mexico waiting for the government after his six-month card expired in 1934, an episode reflected in his 1941 Hold Back the Dawn. [18] Wilder's first significant success was Ninotchka, a collaboration with fellow German immigrant Ernst Lubitsch.
Pre-war American films such as Comrade X and Ninotchka depict the Soviet Union as backwards, dreary, depressing and totalitarian. After the United States entered the war on Russia's side, however, Hollywood's depictions of Russians immediately changed to brave, honorable, freedom-loving liberators. The UK specifically pulled Comrade X from the ...
The Manchester United team at the start of the 1905–06 season, in which they were runners-up in the Second Division. In January 1902, with debts of £2,670 – equivalent to £370,000 in 2025 [nb 1] – the club was served with a winding-up order. [18]
Ernst Lubitsch (/ ˈ l uː b ɪ tʃ /; January 29, 1892 – November 30, 1947) was a German-born American film director, producer, writer, and actor.His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch".
The Class of '92 is a 2013 British documentary film, released on 1 December 2013.The film centres on the rise of six young Manchester United footballers – David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Phil Neville and Paul Scholes – and details their careers for Manchester United starting in 1992.