Preston Sturges

The Last Years of Hollywood's First Writer-Director

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Few directors of the 1930s and 40s were as distinctive and popular as Preston Sturges, whose whipsmart comedies have entertained audiences for decades. This book offers a new critical appreciation of Sturges' whole oeuvre, incorporating a detailed study of the last ten years of his life from new primary sources. Preston Sturges details the many unfinished projects of Sturges' last decade, including films, plays, TV series and his autobiography. Drawing on diaries, sketchbooks, correspondence, unpublished screenplays and more, Nick Smedley and Tom Sturges present the writer-director's final years in more detail than we've ever seen, showing a master still at work – even if very little of that work ultimately made it to the screen or stage.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-09-02
Mått178 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt522 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor324
FörlagIntellect
MedarbetareBogdanovich,Peter
ISBN9781783209927

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Nick Smedley is the author of A Divided World: Hollywood Cinema and Emigre Directors in the Era of Roosevelt and Hitler and The Roots of Modern Hollywood. He taught an MA module in recent Hollywood history at Birkbeck College, London, in 2008. Since then, he has been a freelance lecturer at film societies and cinemas in Chichester, the New Forest, Wimbledon and Central London.Tom Sturges is the son of Preston Sturges and the author of three books: Parking Lot Rules, Grow The Tree You Got and Every Idea Is a Good Idea, all published with Penguin Random House. He teaches music business at UCLA and is both an artist manager and consultant. He has been widely recognized for mentoring at-risk, inner-city children and is the father of three sons.

Foreword by Peter BogdanovichPreface by Nick Smedley Part IThe Preludes: The Brilliant Career of Preston Sturges, 1940–1949 — A Critical Survey of His Hollywood Films1. Beginnings2. The Emergence of a Genius3. Sturges Triumphant4. A Sputtering Flame: The Final Hollywood Films5. Conclusion: The Brilliant Career of Preston Sturges Part IIThe Last Years of Preston Sturges, 1949–1959Chapter 1: A Fallen Giant: Adjusting to the New, 1949–1950Chapter 2: Back to the Future: Broadway and Paramount, 1951–1952Chapter 3: Sturges’ Travels: Farewell to America, 1953Chapter 4: The Millionairess and the Major: Sturges Returns to Paris, 1954Chapter 5: Americans in Paris: Filming Major Thompson, 1955Chapter 6: American Gangster: The Trials and Tribulations of Independent Film Production, 1956–1957Chapter 7: Farcical Manoeuvres, 1957–1958 Chapter 8: New York, New York: Public Hopes, Private Griefs, 1957Chapter 9: For Better or For Worse: Marital Tensions, 1957–1958Chapter 10: Sliding Towards the Brink, January–July 1958Chapter 11: The Road to Despair, July–December 1958Chapter 12: The Conquering Hero: Return to New York, January–March 1959Chapter 13: Triumph over Pain: The Last Happy Months of Preston Sturges, March–August 1959Chapter 14: The Events Have Led Up to His Death, August 1959 Afterword by P. G. SturgesAppendix 1: Fabulous Inventions Appendix 2: Story Ideas