This Hollywood-savvy item appeared in the December 1932
issue of Vanity Fair, "…although a German director [he] is now
claimed by America. His gay and cynic touch, his dramatic use of detail, have
reconditioned many an otherwise anemic script and saved it from the shelf –
until at one time the studio wise-crack of the hour was always, “For God’s
sake, send for Lubitsch.""
