Ninotchka (Blu-ray)

Garbo Talks! Proclaimed ads when silent star Greta Garbo debuted in talkies. Nine years and 12 classic screen dramas later, the gifted movie legend was ready for another change. Garbo Laughs! #cheered the publicity for her first comedy, a frothy tale of a dour Russian envoy sublimating her womanhood for Soviet brotherhood until she falls for a suave Parisian man-about-town (Melvyn Douglas). Working from a cleverly barbed script written in part by Billy Wilder, director Ernst Lubitsch knew better than anyone how to marry refinement with sublime wit. 'At least twice a day the most dignified human being is ridiculous,' he explained about his acclaimed Lubitsch Touch. That's how we see Garbo's lovestruck Ninotchka: serenely dignified yet endearing ridiculous. Garbo laughs. So will you.

Starring: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Bela Lugosi, Sig Rumann, Felix Bressart, Alexander Granach, Gregory Gaye, Rolfe Sedan, Edwin Maxwell, Richard Carle, Lawrence Grant, Frank Reicher, Edwin Stanley, Marek Windheim, Mary Forbes, George Davis, Charles Judels, Armand Kaliz, George Sorel, Wilda Bennett, Nino Bellini, Albert Pollet, Winifred Harris, Kay Stewart, Peggy Moran, Jacques Vanaire, Wolfgang Zilzer, Tamara Shayne, William Irving, Bess Flowers, Symona Boniface, Monya Andre, Elizabeth Williams, Paul Weigel, Harry Semels, Jody Gilbert