To Be Or Not To Be
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A troupe of Polish actors trying to get out of Nazi-occupied Warsaw.

This is one of the funniest movies ever...it was the night of the AGVAPSNBA, and the Squirrel Lady and the Bird Lady were over, we were chowing down on pizza, beer and cookies, and our theme was black and white comedies. What a wonderful bunch of films!

Jack Benny and Carole Lombard are husband and wife, the leading actors in this troupe. After a farce about the Nazis is shut down (due to Warsaw's occupation) they put the costumes to good use, fooling the bad guys, saving the underground, and getting out of Poland.

This is one of the best things Jack Benny ever did...funny, understated, no scenery chewing...and yet he steals every scene. And Carole Lombard was at the height (and, unfortunately, end) of her career, beautiful, talented and just as funny as Benny.

The supporting actors are good, the awfulness of the Nazi occupation is not too heavyhanded (this is a comedy, after all) but not treated lightly, and the ending is satisfying.

Rent it, buy it, enjoy it, this one is a winner.