How does The Shop Around the Corner fit within the context of Lubitsch’s other films of that decade, including Angel, Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife, and Ninotchka?

• Lubitsch and Context: Material: Chapter 3 out of the text Romantic vs. Screwball Comedy (ED.03), Author: Gehring  & the movie “The Shop Around the Corner (Lubitsch, 1940)”. How does The Shop Around the Corner fit within the context of Lubitsch’s other films of that decade, including Angel, Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife, and Ninotchka? How is it similar to these films? How does it present a departure in the director’s signature style?

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