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Preston Sturges

Director, Actor

Films to Rent on DVD

 
Great McGinty, TheGreat McGinty, The (1940)
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff, William Demarest…
The first film with Preston Sturges both scripting and directing, this dryly wacky political satire sees cynical bum Donlevy rise to the heights of…
Christmas in JulyChristmas in July (1940)
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn…
Dir. Sturges second film is a short, sweet and sharp satire on 'success', in which a gullible office clerk (Powell) is fooled by his colleagues into…
Lady Eve, TheLady Eve, The (1941) Aro Favourite
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn…
One of the greatest Hollywood screwball comedies ever, this begins with naïve zoologist Henry Fonda (“Snakes are my life”) falling in love with…
Sullivan's TravelsSullivan's Travels (1941) Aro Favourite
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick…
Hailed as dir. Sturges most reflective statement on his comic art, this finds lightweight Hollywood director Joel McCrea dressing as a tramp in order…
Palm Beach Story, ThePalm Beach Story, The (1942) Recommended
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Joel McCrea, Claudette Colbert, Mary Astor…
Another fine Preston Sturges comedy, this concerns a gifted but struggling architect (McCrea), whose wife (Colbert) abandons him for the hope of…
Hail The Conquering HeroHail The Conquering Hero (1944) Recommended
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest…
Crazed comedy from dir. Sturges, with Bracken starring as a WW2 soldier, who never actually saw any action because of his hay fever, but who upon…
Great Moment, TheGreat Moment, The (1944)
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Joel McCrea, Betty Field, William Demarest…
An oddly serious drama for dir. Sturges, this biopic of WTG Morgan (who discovered the anaesthetic properties of ether in the 19th century), played…
Miracle of Morgan's Creek, TheMiracle of Morgan's Creek, The (1944) Recommended
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn…
Madcap screwball comedy from genius writer–director Preston Sturges (THE LADY EVE), following a small–town girl from the Midwest (Betty…
Unfaithfully YoursUnfaithfully Yours (1948) Recommended
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Barbara Lawrence…
Rex Harrison plays an irascible, paranoid orchestra conductor who comes to suspect his devoted wife's infidelity. Anchored around a memorable…

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