The French, They Are a Funny Race
The French, They Are a Funny Race — known in France as Les Carnets du Major Thompson ("The Notebooks of Major Thompson") and in the U.K. as The Diary of Major Thompson — is a 1955 comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, based on the novel by Pierre Daninos, and starring Jack Buchanan and Martine Carol.
This was the last film directed by Preston Sturges as well as the last film for actor Jack Buchanan before his death from spinal cancer on 20 October 1957.
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Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges (born Edmund Preston Biden; August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director.
In 1941, he won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the film "The Great McGinty", his first of three nominations in the category.
Sturges took the screwball comedy format of the 1930s to another level, writing dialogue that, heard today, is often surprisingly naturalistic, mature, and ahead of its time, despite the farcical situations.
It is not uncommon for a Sturges character to deliver an exquisitely turned phrase and take an elaborate pratfall within the same scene.
Prior to Sturges, other figures in Hollywood (such as Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, and Frank Capra) had directed films from their own scripts, however Sturges is often regarded as the first Hollywood figure to establish success as a screenwriter and then move into directing his own scripts, at a time when those roles were separate.
Sturges famously sold the story for "The Great McGinty" to Paramount Pictures for $1, in return for being allowed to direct the film.
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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend is a 1949 romantic comedy Western film starring Betty Grable and featuring Cesar Romero and Rudy Vallee.
It was directed by Preston Sturges and written by him based on a story by Earl Felton.
The film, Sturges' first Technicolor production, was not well received at the time it was released, and was generally conceded to be a disaster – even Betty Grable bad- mouthed it – but its reputation has improved somewhat over time, though it is not considered to be in the same league as the intelligent comedies
Sturges made at Paramount Pictures for which he is known.
" The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend" would turn out to be the last American film on which Sturges would work – although he would receive credit for films that were remakes or adaptations of his earlier movies.
Sturges directed only one more film in his life, the 1955 French comedy" Les carnets du Major Thompson"( released in the U.S. as" The French, They Are a Funny Race").
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Question: What nationality is the director of film The French, They Are A Funny Race?
Answer: American