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Between Flops
By James Curtis
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Description
Preston Sturges set a new standard for creativity in Hollywood. He not only wrote such films as "The Lady Eve", "Sullivan's Travels", "The Palm Beach Story", and "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek", he also directed them at the rate of two a year. He opened the door for an entire generation of writers-turned-directors and made some of the most popular comedies of the sound era. At his peak, he earned the third-highest salary in the country. He was an inventor, songwriter, actor, playwright, restaurateur, industrialist, and winner of an Academy Award. He even owned a production company with his temperamental equal, Howard Hughes.
Yet, barely ten years after it all began, it was over. Alienated by his reckless zeal for perfection, the studios turned away from him. Unable to work, Sturges took his young family to Europe, where he struggled desperately in growing obscurity to work the old magic just one more time.
Drawn from interviews, letters, and other primary source materials, this was the first full-length biography of a legendary American filmmaker, a man who made and lost two fortunes and whose genius shown brightly, as he put it, "between flops".
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
360
Release Date:
2025-08-15
Publication Date:
2025-08-22
Publisher:
Emmarac Editions
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN13:
9798990372153
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Minimum Reading Age:
16
Maximum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
584 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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