- Donald Douglas, A Royal Scandal, 1944. The great Ernst Lubitsch was ill. The not so great Otto Preminger took over direction – ignoring The Master’s sumptuous choice of Greta Garbo (oh yeah!) and Boyer as her latest toy-boy, Alexei Chernioff. And even Emery as a cast-off lover, Variatinsky.
Birth year: 1905Death year: 1964Other name: Casting Calls: 1