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Genre/Form: | Biography Electronic books Biographies |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Smedley, Nick. Preston Sturges. Bristol ; Chicago, IL : Intellect Ltd 2019 (OCoLC)1065914842 |
Named Person: | Preston Sturges; Preston Sturges |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Nick Smedley; Tom Sturges |
ISBN: | 9781789380255 1789380251 9781789380262 178938026X |
OCLC Number: | 1101101138 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 309 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | A fallen giant: adjusting to the new, 1949-1950 -- Back to the future: Broadway and Paramount, 1951-1952 -- Sturges' travels: farewell to America, 1953 -- The millionairess and the major: Sturges returns to Paris, 1954 -- Americans in Paris: filming Major Thompson, 1955 -- American Gangster: the trials and tribulations of independent film production, 1956-1957 -- Farcical manoeuvres, 1957-1958 -- New York, New York: public hopes, private griefs, 1957 -- For better or for worse: marital tensions, 1957-1958 -- Sliding towards the brink, January-July 1958 -- The road to despair, July-December 1958 -- The conquering hero: return to New York, January-March 1959 -- Triumph over pain: the last happy months of Preston Sturges, March-August 1959 -- The events have led up to his death, August 1959 |
Responsibility: | Nick Smedley and Tom Sturges. |
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'A fascinating account of Preston Sturges, who wrote and directed some of the great treasures of cinema and has remained as mysterious as his God-given talent.' -- Francis Ford Coppola, film director 'The unknown final chapter in the life of American comic genius Preston Sturges after his meteoric rise and fall, revealed in great detail by Nick Smedley and Tom Sturges.' -- Ron Shelton, film writer and director 'Every past, present and future screenwriter owes Preston Sturges big time. He was the first Hollywood screenwriter to control his own work by becoming film's first writer-director. I owe him my hyphen as well as my pure awe of his talent. And now, finally, in this book, the whole story of his life and times and his forever-golden work.' -- James L. Brooks, film director Read more...

