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Showing posts with label William Demarest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William Demarest. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 24, 2019

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Preston Sturges, 1943)

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Diana Lynn, William Demarest, Betty Hutton, and Eddie Bracken in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek ...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

The Great McGinty (Preston Sturges,1940)

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Poster with the British title for The Great McGinty The attitude of Hollywood in the studio era toward screenwriters is usually summed u...
Thursday, October 20, 2016

Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges, 1944)

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What sort of nerve must it have taken to make a film that pokes fun at patriotism, mother love, small towns, political campaigns, and the ...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

Easy Living (Mitchell Leisen, 1937)

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Easy Living is one of my favorite screwball comedies, but I once had a nightmare that took place in the set designed by Hans Dreier and E...
Monday, September 5, 2016

The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942)

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There are few scenes in movies that I cherish more than the encounter of Gerry (Claudette Colbert) and the Wienie King (Robert Dudley). Th...
Sunday, August 14, 2016

The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)

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Preston Sturges, who was a screenwriter before he became a hyphenated writer-director, has a reputation for verbal wit. It's very much...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Sullivan's Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941)

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Let us now praise Joel McCrea, who never became an icon like Cooper or Gable or Grant or Stewart, but could always be relied on for a fine...