Cluny Brown

Ernst Lubitsch’s final full film, Cluny Brown is a light comedy full of innuendo in pre-war Britain. Not his best work but reminiscent of what made him so wonderful as a filmmaker in general (much like Alfred Hitchcock‘s final film, Family Plot, did something similar at the end of his career), the film is a small joy of post-war optimism, which creates an interesting contrast since the story is actually set in pre-war Britain.

The titular Cluny Brown (Jennifer Jones) is a curious young wo...