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       Sullivan's Travels

       1942
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       The Lady Eve

       1941
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       I Married a Witch

       1942
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       The Palm Beach Story

       1943
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       The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

       1944
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       The Great McGinty

       1940

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2. www.britannica.com › biography › Preston-SturgesPreston Sturges | Biography, Movies, Assessment, & Facts

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   Aug 2, 2024 · Preston Sturges, American motion-picture director, screenwriter, and playwright best known for a series of hugely popular satirical comedies that he made in the early 1940s. He went from being one of Hollywood’s most in-demand scenarists to its first prominent writer-director.

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4. davidmvining.wordpress.com › 2024/07/17 › prestonPreston Sturges: The Definitive Ranking – David Vining, Author

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   Jul 17, 2024 · Preston Sturges best films are surprisingly well remembered seventy years after their release, and they represent a large percentage of his filmography...because he didn't make many.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sullivan's_TravelsSullivan's Travels - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · Sullivan's Travels is a 1941 American comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges. A satire on the film industry, it follows a famous Hollywood comedy director ( Joel McCrea) who, longing to make a socially relevant drama, sets out to live as a tramp to gain life experience for his forthcoming film.

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     The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | Preston Sturges Film | Comedy | Classic

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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Lady_EveThe Lady Eve - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · The Lady Eve is a 1941 American screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. [2] The film is based on a story by Monckton Hoffe about a mismatched couple who meet on board an ocean liner.

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Power_and_the_GloryThe Power and the Glory (1933 film) - Wikipedia

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   Aug 2, 2024 · The Power and the Glory is a 1933 pre-Code film starring Spencer Tracy and Colleen Moore, written by Preston Sturges, and directed by William K. Howard.

9. 150wordreviews.substack.com › p › 150-word-review150 Word Review: 'The Lady Eve' (1941) - by John DeVore

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    Who is Preston Sturges?

    • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Preston Sturges (born August 29, 1898, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died August 6, 1959, New York, New York) was an American motion-picture director, screenwriter, and playwright best known for a series of hugely popular satirical comedies that he made in the early 1940s.

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    Did Preston Sturges write 'the Lady Eve'?

    • In 1956, the plot of The Lady Eve was recycled for the film The Birds and the Bees starring George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor and David Niven. Preston Sturges received a co-writer credit for the film, although he did not actually participate in the project.

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    How much did Sturges get paid?

    • Sturges offered the script to Lasky for $62,475, but Lasky instead structured a deal in which Sturges got $17,500 upon signing, 3 1⁄2 % of the first $500,000 in receipts, 5% of the next $500,000, and 7% of all receipts over $1,000,000. Such a percentage deal was highly unusual at that time, and caused an uproar among producers and writers.

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    Why did Sturges get a bronze plaque?

    • Sturges' innovative narrative structure was singled out by critics, and the praise was so great, the studio put a bronze plaque up on the New York movie theater where it had its world premiere. The bronze tablet hailed The Power and the Glory as "the first motion picture in which narratage was used as a method of telling a dramatic story."

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11. www.therepublic.com › 2024/07/15 › tune-in-tonightTune in Tonight: Arrested development gets old - The Republic ...

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    Jul 15, 2024 · Directed by Preston Sturges, a playwright, screenwriter and director who had a brief but brilliant run of movies in the early 1940s blending dark slapstick humor with witheringly quick...