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Preston Sturges was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director who pioneered the art of writing and directing his own scripts. He is known for his classic comedies such as The Lady Eve, Sullivan's Travels, and The Palm Beach Story, and won the first Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Preston Sturges was a writer, director and producer of comedy films in Hollywood from 1932 to 1955. He won an Oscar for The Great McGinty (1940) and made classics like Sullivan's Travels (1941) and The Lady Eve (1941).
- January 1, 1
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
Learn about the life and career of Preston Sturges, a prolific and influential writer-director of screwball comedies in Hollywood. Find out his achievements, awards, family, trivia and quotes on IMDb.
- August 29, 1898
- August 6, 1959
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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- The Power and the Glory (1933) Director: William K. Howard. I did not wish Mr. Howard any hard luck like a bad automobile accident or a seriously broken back or anything like that.
- The Good Fairy (1935) Director: William Wyler. Two weeks before the picture was finished, Willie [Wyler] eloped with Maggie Sullavan. He asked my opinion of the proposed match beforehand, but he must not have heard what I said.”
- Easy Living (1937) Director: Mitchell Leisen. I offered to direct pictures for nothing and even to throw in a script – and my scripts had become quite valuable – for nothing.
- Remember the Night (1940) Director: Mitchell Leisen. At the studio, writing Remember the Night for my new producer, Al Lewin, almost caused me to commit hara-kiri several times, but I postponed it for some later assignment...
Mar 17, 2024 · Collider ranks the 10 best movies by Preston Sturges, a pioneer of screwball comedy and satire. See his directorial debut, The Great McGinty, and his Oscar-winning screenplay, The Great McGinty.
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Apr 3, 2023 · In 1941, when Preston Sturges, the master of the screwball comedy, won the first Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, he stumbled onstage and attempted a joke.
