USA,
1926, 70 min
Shown in 1992
CREDITS
- dir
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Ernst Lubitsch
- scr
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Hans Kraly
- cam
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John Mescall
- cast
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Monte Blue, Ruth Miller, Lilyan Tashman
- source
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Library of Congress
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COMMENTS
Part of the Ernst Lubitsch Centennial series, along with The Oyster Princess.
OTHER
So This Is Paris was the last of the scintillating silent sex comedies Lubitsch made. Loosely based on Die Fledermaus, the film centers on an astounding Charleston sequence at a Parisian ball, with multifarious double-exposures and special effects presented with Dionysiac fervor.
FACTOID #222
The SFIFF has honored some of cinema’s best lensers with tributes, including James Wong Howe (1974), Gabriel Figueroa (1984), Nestor Alemendros (1986), Ernest Dickerson (1991) and John Alton (1994). Cinematographer Haskell Wexler received a tribute as a featured filmmaker in the New Directors series, when he appeared with his directorial debut, Medium Cool.
