Sturges, Preston (1898-1959)
After a childhood abroad, a stint in the army, and a turn as an inventor creating kiss-proof lipstick, in 1929 Chicago native Preston Sturges staged his first Broadway pla...
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Preston Sturges (1898-1959) was the first writer-turned-director in the history of talking movies, and one of the greatest film directors of any variety. He is best known for the comedies he made in t...
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Preston Sturges was and remains an enigmatic film director. For a decade--from 1940, when he began directing as well as writing, until 1950--Sturges was one of the most successful men in Hollywood. Be...
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Betty Hutton, the actress and singer who brought a brassy vitality to Hollywood musicals such as "Annie Get Your Gun," has died in Palm Springs, Calif., at age 86.The death was confirmed Monday by ...
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Knocked Up Running time 129 minutes Written and directed by Judd Apatow Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann
Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up, from his own screenplay, has be...
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Let’s be blunt, as befits our author.
David Mamet has directed more than a dozen movies, none of which suggest he has much of an affinity for the job. Things Change (1988), Homicide (1991), ...
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Her shoes should have warned him. The shoes that Barbara Stanwyck’s Phyllis Dietrichson wears in the 1944 Double Indemnity—pumps with an unsightly ruffle of tulle on the toe, bedroom sl...
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Her shoes should have warned him. The shoes that Barbara Stanwyck’s Phyllis Dietrichson wears in the 1944 Double Indemnity—pumps with an unsightly ruffle of tulle on the toe, bedroom s...
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Patrick Creadon’s Wordplay, written by Mr. Creadon and Christine O’Malley, and produced by Ms. O’Malley, cheerfully and winningly celebrates the passionate practitioners of crossw...
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Patrick Creadon’s Wordplay, written by Mr. Creadon and Christine O’Malley, and produced by Ms. O’Malley, cheerfully and winningly celebrates the passionate practitioners of crossw...
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Great Scott! Back to the Future, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Oklahoma! and 12 Angry Men were among the 25 selections entered into the Library of Congress' National Film Registry this year. ...
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Sturges, Preston (1898-1959)
Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges
1950's musicals star Betty Hutton dies
