Preston Sturges (1898 - 1959)


* August 29, 1898 Chicago, Illinois, USA
 as Edmund Preston Biden
 August 6, 1959 New York City, New York, USA


Books on Preston Sturges

Alessandro Pirolini
The cinema of Preston Sturges, A critical study
Jefferson, N.C., 2010

Diane Jacobs
Christmas in July, The life and art of Preston Sturges
Berkeley, 1992

James Curtis
Between Flops, A Biography of Preston Sturges
New York, 1982

James Ursini
Preston Sturges, An American Dreamer
New York, 1973

Books with substantial mentioning of Preston Sturges

John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume Two
New York, NY, 2002

Alan Dale Comedy Is a Man in Trouble Alan Dale
Comedy Is a Man in Trouble, Slapstick in American Movies
Minneapolis - London, 2000

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris (editor) The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia Andrew Sarris (editor)
The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia
Detroit - New York - Toronto - London, 1998

Andrew Sarris You ain't heard nothin' yet Andrew Sarris
"You ain't heard nothin' yet", the American talking film ; history & memory ; 1927 - 1949
New York, Oxford, 1998

Duane Byrge, Robert Milton Miller The Screwball Comedy Films Duane Byrge, Robert Milton Miller
The Screwball Comedy Films, A History and Filmography, 1934-1942
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Ann Lloyd (editor) Movies of the Forties Ann Lloyd (editor)
Movies of the Forties
London, 1982

Stanley Hochman (ed.)
A Library of Film Criticism, American Film Directors
New York, 1974

Books with an entry on Preston Sturges

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Films

1930
The Big Pond
Fast and Loose

1932
They Just Had to Get Married

1933
Child of Manhattan
The Power and the Glory

1934
Thirty Day Princess
Twentieth Century

1935
The Good Fairy
Diamond Jim

1937
Easy Living

1938
If I Were King
Port of Seven Seas
College Swing

1939
Never Say Die

1940
Christmas in July
The Great McGinty
Broadway Melody of 1940
Remember the Night

1941
Sullivan's Travels
The Lady Eve
New York Town

1942
Star-Spangled Rhythm
The Palm Beach Story
I Married a Witch

1944
The Great Moment
Hail the Conquering Hero

1947
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
I'll Be Yours

1948
Unfaithfully Yours

1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

1950
Vendetta

1951
Strictly Dishonorable

1955
Carnets du Major Thompson, Les

1956
The Birds and the Bees

1958
Paris Holiday

1994
Unfaithfully Yours

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