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Preston Sturges (/ ˈ s t ɜːr dʒ ɪ s /; born Edmund Preston Biden; August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He is credited as being the first screenwriter to find success as a director.
Preston Sturges (1898-1959) Preston Sturges. Writer. Director. Producer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Preston Sturges' own life is as unlikely as some of the plots of his best work. He was born into a wealthy family.
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Apr 10, 2024 · 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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Apr 3, 2023 · By Rachel Syme. April 3, 2023. Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Sturges, and Henry Fonda on the set of “The Lady Eve.” Photograph from Everett. In 1941, when Preston Sturges, the master of the...
Birth name. Edmund Preston Biden. Height. 6′ 0½″ (1.84 m) Mini Bio. Preston Sturges' own life is as unlikely as some of the plots of his best work. He was born into a wealthy family. As a boy he helped out on stage productions for his mother's friend, Isadora Duncan (the scarf that strangled her was made by his mother's company, Maison Desti).
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- August 6, 1959
Oct 8, 1997 · About Preston Sturges. October 8, 1997. Considered the father of the screwball comedy, Preston Sturges was recognized as one of the great early writers in Hollywood. Sturges was born in...
Feb 5, 2016 · Preston Sturges: 10 essential films. Across both his early screenplays and the classic run of screwball comedies he later made as director, here are 10 of the best places to get that Preston Sturges feeling.
