​Did you know?

• Five Ernst Lubitsch films have been inducted into the U.S. Library of Congress' National Film Registry?  The NFR was established in 1989 to preserve films deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important."   To date, the Lubitsch films which have been preserved under the NFR program are:  Lady Windermere's Fan (1925);  Trouble in Paradise (1932);  Ninotchka (1939);  The Shop Around the Corner (1940); To Be Or Not To Be (1942).   More info >​
  
  
• The film "You've Got Mail" is based on the Ernst Lubitsch classic "The Shop Around the Corner?"  More info >
  
  
• There is an award named after Ernst Lubitsch?  Each year in Berlin, Germany the "Ernst Lubitsch Award" (also known as: Verleihung des Ernst-Lubitsch-Preises) is given by Germany's leading film critics.  More info >
  
  
• There is a bar named after Ernst Lubitsch?  Tucked into a Russian district of West Hollywood, CA, Bar Lubitsch is named after revered filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch.  Bar Lubitsch aspires to raise the level of the bar experience, just as Ernst Lubitsch did for the cinematic experience with his "Lubitsch touch."​They even have a drink on the menu inspired by a Lubitsch film -- the "Ninotchka" made with vanilla vodka, muddled strawberries and champagne.
  
  
• The "MOS" Origin: The commonly used film production term "MOS" (meaning to shoot without sound) is widely believed to be an homage to Lubitsch. He would often say in his thick Berlin accent that he wanted to shoot a scene "mitout sound".   
  
  
• Ernst Lubitsch was Billy Wilder's mentor and favorite director.  For inspiration, Mr. Wilder had a sign made and kept it over his office door which read "How would Lubitsch do it?"
  
  
• Ernst Lubitsch was voted the 16th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly.  More Info >