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Preston Sturges's Biography

Preston Sturges (29 August 1898 – 6 August 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1941 he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film The Great McGinty .

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  • News Source: The Huffington Post | 5 days ago
    With this deft, witty, smart and soulful film, writer-director Jason Reitman establishes himself as one of the most sure-handed purveyors of a certain kind of comedy, a tradition that marks him as a modern purveyor of the same cinematic tradition as
  • News Source: The Huffington Post | 10 days ago
    We all know it, and consciously or unconsciously, we prepare for it: Thanksgiving is not, after all, just a holiday, but the starting line for a five and a half week social immersion involving family, colleagues and friends that leaves us all stunned
  • News Source: Seattle Times | 10 days ago
    In case anyone in the audience isn't sure when to cackle, coo, snicker or sigh, the makers of "Old Dogs" have provided a handy on-screen prompt. It's an old dog, shown in closeup, reacting with little grunts of canine confusion or curiosity over the

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  • Blog Source: wondersinthedark.wordpress.com | 2 days ago
    Indeed, one can see his ensemble being the finest seen since the days of John Ford and Preston Sturges and his style being the modern successor to Altman. They, and he, are that good. The plot itself is very Schnitzler like; ...
  • Blog Source: www.fotofama.com | 2 days ago
    ... Jason Reitman establishes himself as one of the most sure-handed purveyors of a certain kind of comedy, a tradition that marks him as a modern purveyor of the same cinematic tradition as Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. ...
  • Blog Source: classicmoviesdigest.blogspot.com | 2 days ago
    One noteworthy outcome of Remember the Night is the emergence of Preston Sturges as a writer/director. Upset that his script for the film was cut and jumbled about by director Leisen, he was determined to go out on his own to direct his ...

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