Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

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"I knew practically nothing about Preston Sturges going in to this, other than he was an expert writer on fast-paced dialogue. Now I know as a child he spent much time in Europe due to his mother, providing him with "cultural indoctrination". Interestingly, he tried to run from the European culture, though so much became a part of who he was. Isadora Duncan, the famous dancer, was a big part of his childhood, which is odd. Sturges was possibly the first writer to turn director. This was very uncommon, at Paramount or anywhere else. Sam Goldwyn hated this sort of crossover, as we kno..."