To Be Or Not To Be/Bd, Criterion Collection, Blu-Ray Broadleaf Books New York Times Book Review

New York Times Book Review 10/27/2013 pg

Harold Fry embarks on an urgent quest

Frankie knows who they are

and other big messes

To Be Or Not To Be/Bd, Criterion Collection, Blu-Ray Broadleaf Books New York Times Book ReviewAs nervy as it is hilarious, this screwball masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch (TROUBLE IN PARADISE) stars Jack Benny (THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM) and, in her final screen appearance, Carole Lombard (MY MAN GODFREY) as husband and wife thespians in Nazi occupied Warsaw who become caught up in a dangerous spy plot. TO BE OR NOT TO BE is a Hollywood film of the boldest black humor, which went into production soon after the U. S. entered World War II. Lubitsch