In the hands of the esteemed German-born Ernst Lubitsch, who had been a Hollywood director since 1923, The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, based on Sigmund Romberg’s 1924 operetta The Student Prince (whose source material was Wilhelm Meyer-Förster’s novel Karl Heinrich and the subsequent play version), was another hit for MGM and the best of [...]

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It seems bizarre that operas and operettas were brought to the screen in the silent era, a period in which such properties would inherently be devoid of their most basic element. Of course, moviemakers weren’t aware of just how soon talkies would revolutionize the industry, so why not go ahead and bring these surefire, popular [...]

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