TY - BOOK AU - Dickos,Andrew ED - Project Muse, ED - Project Muse. TI - Intrepid laughter: Preston Sturges and the movies T2 - Screen classics SN - 9780813141961 AV - PN1998.3.S78 D535 2013 U1 - 812.52 22 PY - 2014/// CY - Baltimore, Maryland PB - Project Muse KW - Sturges, Preston. KW - Screenwriters KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Motion picture producers and directors KW - Electronic books KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813141961/ ER -