Preston Sturges, originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated screenwriter and director born in Chicago. Sturges took the screwball comedy format of the 1930s to another level, writing dialogue that, heard today, is often surprisingly naturalistic, mature, and ahead of its time, despite the farcical situations. It is not uncommon for one of Sturges' actors to deliver an exquisitely turned phrase and take an elaborate pratfall within the same scene. Wikipedia
Preston Sturges Birth: Aug. 29, 1898 Death: Aug. 6, 1959 Legendary motion picture director and writer. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3214
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 c www.imdb.com/name/nm0002545/
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Hailed as both a comic genius and a harbinger of a more personal approach to filmmaking in Hollywood, Preston Sturges was actually a late cinematic bloomer, making his directorial debut at the mature age of 41. He was almost thirty years old before he wr www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/04/sturges.html
Preston Sturges Birth: Aug. 29, 1898 Death: Aug. 6, 1959 Legendary motion picture director and writer. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3214
Hailed as both a comic genius and a harbinger of a more personal approach to filmmaking in Hollywood, Preston Sturges was actually a late cinematic bloomer, making his directorial debut at the mature age of 41. He was almost thirty years old before he wr chlotrudis.org/favorite/arts.html
