Ninotchka

There really did seem to be growing pains with Ernst Lubitsch as he entered the early days of the reign of the Hays Office. Angel was a drama that really skirted the line that the Hays Office had its eye on, working in a genre that Lubitsch didn’t really call home. Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife was a return to comedy that ended up feeling far too opaque for the comedy to land as well or for the emotional contents to pull through completely. However, it was on Ninotchka that Lubitsch, along with hi...