Sullivan is a successful, spoiled, naive director of fluffy films with a heart of gold Read More »
Tag Archives: Preston Sturges
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944) Preston Sturges, Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn
Trudy Kockenlocker, a small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers Read More »
The Lady Eve (1941) Preston Sturges, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship. Read More »
Unfaithfully Yours (1948) Preston Sturges, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee
Sir Alfred De Carter suspects his wife of adultery. While running a symphony orchestra Read More »
The Palm Beach Story (1942) Preston Sturges, Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor
Gerry and Tom Jeffers are finding married life hard. Tom is an inventor/ architect and there Read More »
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) Preston Sturges, Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action Read More »
The Great McGinty (1940) Preston Sturges, Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff
Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited Read More »
Christmas in July (1940) Preston Sturges, Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune Read More »
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) Preston Sturges, Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallee
Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. Read More »
The Great Moment (1944) Preston Sturges, Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Biography, Comedy, Drama
In the winter of 1868, Eben Frost goes to a Boston pawnshop and redeems a silver medal, inscribed to “Dr. W.T.G. Morton, the Benefactor of Mankind, with the Gratitude of Humanity.” Read More »