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To Be or Not to Be (1942) More at IMDbPro »

• Released after the death of star Carole Lombard, killed in an airplane crash after returning from a tour selling war bonds.
  
  
• When Jack Benny's father went to see this movie, he was outraged at the sight of his son in a Nazi uniform in the first scene and even stormed out of the theater. Jack convinced his father that it was satire, and he agreed to sit through all of it.
  
  
• After Carole Lombard's death in a plane crash, the line "What can happen in a plane?" was deleted from the film.
  
  
• Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.
  
  
• Miriam Hopkins was the original choice for Maria Tura. She turned the role down because she didn't want to work with Jack Benny.
  
  
• When Maria Tura waits for Siletsky's return, she is reading a magazine called "Wiener Mustertext." This is German for "Viennese Sample Text".
  
  
• Carole Lombard took the female lead despite the strenuous objections of her husband, Clark Gable.
  
  
• After the shooting of this film was finished, Carole Lombard told many people that this film was the happiest experience of her career from start to finish.
  
  

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