Preston Sturges
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Preston Sturges (29 August 1898 – 6 August 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated playwright, 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. 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…
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Filmography
Acting (5)
Crew (55)
Movies (55)
Unfaithfully Yours
1984Original Film Writer
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958Story
The Birds and the Bees
1956Screenplay
The French, They Are a Funny Race
1955Director
The French, They Are a Funny Race
1955Writer
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949Director
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949Producer
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949Writer
Unfaithfully Yours
1948Director
Unfaithfully Yours
1948Producer
Unfaithfully Yours
1948Screenplay
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947Director
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947Producer
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947Screenplay
I'll Be Yours
1947Writer
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944Director
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944Producer
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944Writer
The Great Moment
1944Director
The Great Moment
1944Screenplay
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944Director
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944Producer
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944Writer
I Married a Witch
1942Producer
The Palm Beach Story
1942Director
The Palm Beach Story
1942Screenplay
Safeguarding Military Information
1942Director
Safeguarding Military Information
1942Writer
The Lady Eve
1941Director
The Lady Eve
1941Screenplay
Sullivan's Travels
1941Director
Sullivan's Travels
1941Writer
Remember the Night
1940Screenplay
The Great McGinty
1940Director
The Great McGinty
1940Writer
Christmas in July
1940Director
Christmas in July
1940Theatre Play
Christmas in July
1940Writer
Never Say Die
1939Screenplay
College Swing
1938Screenplay
If I Were King
1938Screenplay
Port of Seven Seas
1938Writer
Easy Living
1937Screenplay
Hotel Haywire
1937Writer
Love Before Breakfast
1936Writer
The Good Fairy
1935Screenplay
Diamond Jim
1935Writer
Twentieth Century
1934Writer
We Live Again
1934Adaptation
Thirty Day Princess
1934Screenplay
Child of Manhattan
1933Theatre Play
The Power and the Glory
1933Screenplay
They Just Had to Get Married
1933Writer
Strictly Dishonorable
1931Theatre Play
The Big Pond
1930Dialogue
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