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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.
- Jess Lee Brooks
He played an African-American church preacher in the motion...
- Torben Meyer
Early life. Meyer was born in Aarhus, Denmark and began his...
- Jess Lee Brooks
Sullivan's Travels: Directed by Preston Sturges. With Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest. Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Preston Sturges
- 1942-02-06
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.
- Lee Pfeiffer
Summaries. Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie. Sullivan is a successful, spoiled, naive director of fluffy films with a heart of gold, who decides that he wants to make a film about the troubles of the downtrodden poor. Much to his ...
Blending screwball comedy with a socially conscious message, Sullivan's Travels offers delightful proof of writer-director Preston Sturges' ability to provoke serious thought as well as...
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- Joel Mccrea
- Preston Sturges
- Comedy
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.
Overview. 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.
