ReFocus : the films of Preston Sturges / [electronic resource]
Jaeckle, Jeff, author.
Jaeckle, Jeff,editor.
Kozloff, Sarah,editor.
This first collection of critical essays on Preston Sturges - director, screenwriter, comic genius of Hollywood - reawakens interest in the filmmaker's life and works and reminds readers why his movies continue to be culturally significant and immensely enjoyable.
Specialized.
Title page; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Notes on Contributors ; Introduction: An Agile Mind-The Many Stands of Preston Sturges ; PART 1  Contexts: Genre, Studio, Authorship; Chapter 1 Preston Sturges and Screwball Comedy ; Chapter 2 Preston Sturges, Sullivan's Travels, and Film Authorship in Hollywood, 1941 ; Chapter 3 To Write and Not Direct ; Chapter 4 "The Edge of Unacceptability": Preston Sturges and the PCA ; PART 2  Cultural Commentary: History and Identity ; Chapter 5 Sturges's Many Mothers ; Chapter 6 "These Are Troublous Times": Social Class in the Comedies of Preston Sturges
Chapter 7 "They Always Get the Best of You Somehow": Preston Sturges in Black and White Chapter 8 Falling Hard: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock ; PART 3  Technique: Scripting, Performance, Music ; Chapter 9 The Unheard Song of Joy ; Chapter 10 The Eye of the Storm: Preston Sturges and Performance  ; Chapter 11 Presto(n) con Spirito: Comedies with Music,  Sturges-style ; PART 4  Impact: Reception/Reputation ; Chapter 12 Thrust with a Rapier and Run: The Critics and Preston Sturges ; Chapter 13 Hail the Conquering Auteur: Preston Sturges in La Revue du cinéma (1946-1949)
Chapter 14 O Preston, Where Art Thou? Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Sep 2016).
This first collection of critical essays on Preston Sturges - director, screenwriter, comic genius of Hollywood - reawakens interest in the filmmaker's life and works and reminds readers why his movies continue to be culturally significant and immensely enjoyable.
Sturges, Preston
Motion picture producers and directors.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production.