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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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He played an African-American church preacher in the motion...
- Torben Meyer
Meyer was in numerous Preston Sturges films, and addressed...
- Jess Lee Brooks
Sullivan’s Travels. Tired of churning out lightweight comedies, Hollywood director John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) decides to make O Brother, Where Art Thou? —a serious, socially responsible film about human suffering.
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Sullivan’s Travels, American dramedy film, released in 1941, considered by many to be director Preston Sturges’s finest film. The title is taken from Jonathan Swift’s classic tale of self-discovery, Gulliver’s Travels (1726).
The plot involves John Lloyd Sullivan (played by Joel McCrea), a pampered Hollywood director who decides to make a film about the downtrodden of society. He researches the subject by setting off with only a dime in his pocket. His adventures and misadventures lead to some unexpected consequences, including his arrest for his own murder. He learns to identify with the masses and their everyday stuggles through the disastrous string of events that befall him. Veronica Lake (who was six months pregnant at the time of filming) played a struggling actress who accompanies McCrea on his “travels.”
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•Studio: Paramount Pictures
•Director and writer: Preston Sturges
•Music: Charles Bradshaw and Leo Shuken
•Running time: 90 minutes
•Joel McCrea (John Lloyd Sullivan)
•Veronica Lake (The Girl)
•Robert Warwick (Mr. Lebrand)
•William Demarest (Mr. Jones)
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Aug 20, 2001 · The sweetest, most generous-hearted satire of the Hollywood film industry the town has ever produced, Sullivan’s Travels was the fourth of the eight films Preston Sturges made during his astonishingly prolific streak between 1940 and 1944.
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea), convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey,...
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- Joel Mccrea
- Preston Sturges
- Comedy
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand.
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After years of kowtowing to studio executives by making light, fluffy fare, successful and talented movie director John L. Sullivan wants to make a "message" movie, specifically about the plight of the downtrodden in society.
