Scene from To Be or Not to Be Jack Benny (centre) and Carole Lombard (centre right) in To Be or Not to Be (1942). © 1942 United Artists Corporation; photograph from a private collectionLombard and portrayed a married couple who are the leading players in a Warsaw-based company of hammy actors, out of work following the Nazi invasion of. They find a patriotic use for their costumes and acting abilities, however, when they become embroiled in a complicated plot to prevent a double agent from delivering vital information to the Nazis.Lubitsch was heavily criticized for a producing a lighthearted film featuring Nazis and such irreverent lines as, “Oh, yes, I saw him in once. What he did to Shakespeare we are now doing to Poland.” But Lubitsch, a German refugee, argued that spoofing the Nazis was an act of patriotism. Lombard (who was married to ) died two months before the film’s release: she was on a war bond junket when her plane crashed. Produced a 1983 remake of the film, in which he starred with wife.
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