Intrepid laughter
Dickos, Andrew,
Intrepid laughter Preston Sturges and the movies / [electronic resource] : by Andrew Dickos. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014 Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2013. - 1 online resource (1 PDF (xiv, 169 pages) :) illustrations. - Screen classics . - Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.) UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145), filmography (pages 146-162) and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- 1. The Most Bizarre and Marvelous Scenario : Flashbacks on the Life and Career of Preston Sturges -- 2. The Screenwriting of Preston Sturges -- 3. Written and Directed by Preston Sturges -- First Films and Success in America : The Great McGinty and Christmas in July -- The Lady Eve and Fabled Lovers -- Sullivan's Travels -- The Palm Beach Story -- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek -- Complexity in Storytelling: Notes on -- Hail the Conquering Hero -- The Great Moment -- Harold Diddlebock and Ideas -- Sir Alfred, the Artist as a Man of Action -- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend -- The Notebooks of Major Thompson 79 -- Notes and References -- Annotated Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index -- About the Author.
9780813141961
Sturges, Preston.
Screenwriters--United States--Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PN1998.3.S78 / D535 2013
812.52
Intrepid laughter Preston Sturges and the movies / [electronic resource] : by Andrew Dickos. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014 Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2013. - 1 online resource (1 PDF (xiv, 169 pages) :) illustrations. - Screen classics . - Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.) UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145), filmography (pages 146-162) and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- 1. The Most Bizarre and Marvelous Scenario : Flashbacks on the Life and Career of Preston Sturges -- 2. The Screenwriting of Preston Sturges -- 3. Written and Directed by Preston Sturges -- First Films and Success in America : The Great McGinty and Christmas in July -- The Lady Eve and Fabled Lovers -- Sullivan's Travels -- The Palm Beach Story -- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek -- Complexity in Storytelling: Notes on -- Hail the Conquering Hero -- The Great Moment -- Harold Diddlebock and Ideas -- Sir Alfred, the Artist as a Man of Action -- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend -- The Notebooks of Major Thompson 79 -- Notes and References -- Annotated Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index -- About the Author.
9780813141961
Sturges, Preston.
Screenwriters--United States--Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PN1998.3.S78 / D535 2013
812.52