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Preston Sturges's Sullivan's Travels spun the tale a successful comedy director who wants to make big, serious pictures about the issues that matter.
Our comedy 25: speaking 'the language of funny'? Xan Brooks 2010
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One standout is John Sturges's "Bad Day at Black Rock" 1955, an eerily beautiful, noirish tale set in 1945, with striking CinemaScope compositions.
Hollywood's Heroic Villain Kristin M. Jones 2011
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There, with Sturges's usual elan, McGinty blows it by trying to go straight -- to please the woman he loves.
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Willinghams's story within Sturges's story adds even more depth to what Sturges is doing.
Throne of Mystery RobB 2009
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Willinghams's story within Sturges's story adds even more depth to what Sturges is doing.
Archive 2009-01-01 RobB 2009
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And watch out for Sturges's peerless group of comic stock players (including stand-by William Demarest), seen here in the guise of "The Ale and Quail Club".
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From her great work in my favorite Preston Sturges's comedy, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, to her fun turn in The Perils of Pauline, Hutton was a spunky powerhouse of a presence.
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Surprisingly, The Great Moment is in pristine condition, as is Hail the Conquering Hero, though this most multi-layered of Sturges's soundtracks is marred by an ever-present hiss.
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Dan Callahan at Slant makes a full press drive against the material, summarizing Sturges's life and career, and noting its distinguishing characteristics, such as the heightened use of character actors and Sturges spearheading the "writer-director" concept.
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Biographer Donald Spoto says Remember the Night was written soon after Sturges's marriage (his second of four, but a honeymoon's a honeymoon), and it carries the gleam of newfound love.
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