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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. 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.
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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...
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).
- August 29, 1898
- August 6, 1959
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.
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Mar 17, 2024 · Sturges specialized in the screwball comedy genre, crafting witty, farcical, dialogue-driven gems like The Lady Eve and Unfaithfully Yours.
