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Director, screenwriter and comic genius, Preston Sturges has been an influence on filmmakers ranging from Orson Welles to the Coen brothers. The first person to win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, he wrote and directed some of the most bizarre, controversial, and downright hilarious comedies of the 1940s, including Sullivan's Travels and Hail the Conquering Hero. He may be the most talented Hollywood filmmaker yet to receive the critical recognition he deserves.
The Films of Preston Sturges is a pioneering collection of essays by world-famous scholars that chart Sturges' contributions to Hollywood cinema, revealing his pivotal status as an early writer-director, exploring his inimitable style, and making a bold case for his ongoing influence today. Reawakening interest in this filmmaker's life and works, this book will remind readers why Sturges' movies remain not only immensely enjoyable, but of great cultural significance as well.
Contents
Introduction: An Agile Mind: The Many Stands of Preston Sturges, Jeff Jaeckle
Contexts: Genre, Studio, AuthorshipPreston Sturges and Screwball Comedy, Leger GrindonPreston Sturges, Sullivan's Travels, and Film Authorship in Hollywood, 1941, Virginia Wright WexmanTo Write and Not Direct, Sarah Kozloff"The Edge of Unacceptability": Preston Sturges and the PCA, Matthew Bernstein
Cultural Commentary: History and IdentitySturges's Many Mothers, Kristine Karnick"These Are Troublous Times": Social Class in the Comedies of Preston Sturges, Christopher Beach"They Always Get the Best of You Somehow": Preston Sturges in Black and White, Krin GabbardFalling Hard: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock, Joe McElhaney
Technique: Scripting, Performance, MusicThe Unheard Song of Joy, Jeff JaeckleThe Eye of the Storm: Preston Sturges and Performance, Diane CarsonPresto(n) con Spirito: Comedies with Music, Sturges-Style, Martin Marks
Impact: Reception/ReputationThrust with a Rapier and Run: The Critics and Preston Sturges, G. Tom PoeHail the Conquering Auteur: Preston Sturges in La Revue du cinéma (1946-1949), Christian VivianiO Preston, Where Art Thou?, Sarah Kozloff
