Blogs about: Preston Sturges
Featured Blog
Teh Gay Deceit
William Wyler’s THE GAY DECEIT stars Frances Dee and Francis Lederer, who, as regular Shadowplayer David Wingrove puts it, looks “quite capable of a gay deceit.” Wyler’s name i… more →
shadowplay
Episode 29: The Bank Dick (1940, Edward F. Cline) / The Beach (2000, Danny Boyle)
Andrew wrote 2 weeks ago: This week on An Alan Smithee Podcast, the great W.C. Fields makes a grand return and Leonardo DiCapr … more →
Sullivan's Travels (Sturges, 1941)
Beth Hanna wrote 1 month ago: Sullivan’s Travels, Preston Sturges’ hilariously witty and profoundly sad masterpiece, f … more →
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
— 1 comment
electricmud wrote 1 month ago: I chose a screen grab from Hail The Conquering Hero (1944) that does not feature main character Wood … more →
Preston Sturges
garydrobinson wrote 1 month ago: Do you know the work of Preston Sturges, film writer and director extraordinaire? If you don’t … more →
Mary Desti Dempsey: Preston Sturges's Mother of Invention
underthehollywoodsign wrote 1 month ago: Preston Sturges, ages one to fourteen. His mother, Mary Dempsey, appears in pictures two and three./ … more →
The Lady Eve
Squally Showers wrote 2 months ago: Not sure I’ve entirely got a grip on this. Preston Sturges’s previous films The Great Mc … more →
The Death Of Classic DVDs Will Be the Death Of Me
— 3 comments
argento2665 wrote 2 months ago: I LOVE classic movies. When a new one is released on DVD or shows up at the local rep theatre, my e … more →
Preston Sturges's Hollywood House--and Its Two Locations
underthehollywoodsign wrote 2 months ago: Preston Sturges/Courtesy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences I discovered Preston Sturges in … more →
Watching movies at Memorial Library: 'Christmas in July'
Dan Sullivan wrote 2 months ago: Well, the summer is functionally over, and just as months of wearing shorts and t-shirts and reading … more →
Sturges Scores Again!
garydrobinson wrote 3 months ago: Lately, Barb and I have been watching the most consistently enjoyable string of movies we’ve e … more →
Sturges Goes Independent: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
— 6 comments
R. Emmet Sweeney wrote 3 months ago: In 1944, Preston Sturges had his first flop for Paramount. After numerous battles with production ex … more →
Watching movies at Memorial Library: 'Unfaithfully Yours'
Dan Sullivan wrote 3 months ago: Having rented Claude Chabrol’s L’Enfer (1994) just the day before, I decided to fix myse … more →
Watching movies at Memorial Library: 'The Great McGinty'
Dan Sullivan wrote 3 months ago: My Preston Sturges kick continued on Sunday afternoon with The Great McGinty (1940), which screened … more →
Miracle Of Morgan's Creek
garydrobinson wrote 3 months ago: Last night, we watched Preston Sturges’ THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK. During WWII, smal … more →
Library Haul, revisited again
— 1 comment
Dan Sullivan wrote 3 months ago: Pardon me if the following sounds a bit dorky, but… folks my age probably watch more films in … more →
Hollywood's Renaissance Man
alisonkerr wrote 3 months ago: Today’s Hollywood comedies are a lacklustre lot. If they’re not completely puerile and c … more →
Miss Barbara Stanwyck
happythoughts wrote 3 months ago: I’m sorry to confess that until relatively recently I knew Barbara Stanwyck mostly from her brillian … more →
Easy Living
happythoughts wrote 3 months ago: Part of the fun of watching classic movies is getting a glimpse at a world that doesn’t exist … more →
Remember the Night (1940)
Willard Smith wrote 4 months ago: REMEMBER THE NIGHT (Paramount) Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi. A prosecuting attorne … more →
