You're very welcome, Lynn.

In years of searching, I have never found photos of Lubitsch in costume for WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Here's a delightful Kurt Weill/Ira Gershwin number with MacMurray helping Columbus (Fortunio Bonanova) quell a mutiny led by Carlos Ramirez. (5 of 5) youtube.com/watch?v=P13C...

Despite his doctors' advice, Lubitsch managed to complete just one more film as a director, the delightful CLUNY BROWN, before his death in 1947. He suffered a fatal heart attack after starting THE LADY IN ERMINE, completed by an uncredited Preminger. (4 of 5)

AFI database notes on WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?: "Lubitsch glares at [time-traveling star Fred MacMurray] and asks -- 'who did you think I was, Christopher Columbus?' Although photographs of Lubitsch in costume on the set exist, the gag was not included in the finished film.'' (3 of 5)

Lubitsch writes in a December 1944 syndicated newspaper column about returning to work after his first heart attack, producing the Preminger-directed A ROYAL SCANDAL (he and Mankiewicz had a falling out over DRAGONWYCK) and filming his first movie appearance in 30 years for his pal Ratoff. (2 of 5)

Thank you sir, and happy belated New Year!

Sorry, here is the entire report. What do you think? www.cbsnews.com/video/the-wi...

NY TV debut 6/24/60 at 11:15 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Junior produced as well as starred in black-and-white swashbuckler that arrived 2/25/49 in Times Square.

Thanks so much for sharing that, Jim. I'm not surprised! For decades it was a sacred cow, just like BIRTH OF A NATION had been. When I originally proposed taking down GWTW for the 75th anniversary, they asked me to do a piece on Hattie McDaniel instead.

Joe, I wouldn't say GWTW doesn't send mixed message at times, but overall it certainly romanticizes slavery.

My piece was picked up around the world. It sent GWTW to the top of Amazon's sales charts for two solid weeks. But more important, public showings became less frequent. And when it's shown or streamed these days, GWTW's problematic subtext is usually discussed. I'm proud of that.

Yup. History was repeating itself. I joked with my contacts at Warner Home Video that they should send me a check because I goosed GWTW sales.

My boss nixed a proposal for a GWTW takedown for its 75th anniversary a few months earlier, but talk of relegating confederate flags to museums provided a news peg for my column. Which did NOT advocate "banning" GWTW, though it was widely interpreted that way by culture warriors.