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       Sullivan's Travels

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       1941
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       1940

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Preston_SturgesPreston Sturges - Wikipedia

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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.

   • Years active: 1928–1956
   • Relatives: Shannon Sturges (granddaughter)

   • Children: 3, including Tom Sturges

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   Preston Sturges. Writer: Sullivan's Travels. 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).

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: New York City, New York, USA

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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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   Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Biography. Preston Sturges. Jump to Edit. Overview. Born. August 29, 1898 · Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died. August 6, 1959 · New York City, New York, USA (heart attack) 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.

   • Birth Date: August 29, 1898

   • Death Date: August 6, 1959

8. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2023/04/10The Profound Surfaces of Preston Sturges | The New Yorker

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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...

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   Who was Preston Sturges?

   • Still, the broad strokes are worth noting. Preston Sturges was born in Chicago in 1898, to a travelling-salesman father and a mother named Mary Dempsey. Dempsey was a creative type, the sort of searcher who, in the Gilded Age, was known as an adventuress.

   The Profound Surfaces of Preston Sturges | The New Yorker

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   Is Preston Sturges a good play?

   • Critic Andrew Dickos wrote that "the touchstone of Preston Sturges' screenwriting lies in the respect paid to the play and density of verbal language" and "establishes the standard of eloquence as one of poetry, of a cacophony of Euro-American vernacularisms and utterances, peculiarly—and appropriately—spoken with scandalous indifference."

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   How did Preston Sturges die?

   • Sturges died of a heart attack at the Algonquin Hotel while writing his autobiography (which, ironically, he had intended to title The Events Leading Up to My Death ), and was interred in the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. His book, Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges: His Life in His Words, was published in 1990.

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   Does Preston Sturges have a plot twist?

   • Recently, Tom Sturges, the writer-director’s youngest son, discovered that his own father’s life story was in need of a plot twist. The result is a new book, co-authored by Tom, called Preston Sturges: The Last Years of Hollywood’s First Writer-Director.

   'Truth is funnier than anything': the life of Preston Sturges told by

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    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 1898...

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    Sep 18, 2019 · Movies. This article is more than 4 years old. 'Truth is funnier than anything': the life of Preston Sturges told by his son. In a revealing new biography, Tom Sturges looks back on the life of...