Comments on: Say Goodbye to Hollywood: The John Hughes/Preston Sturges Connection

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:38:09 +0000

Sturges Paramount “greats” are just that…G.R.E.A.T.
I could watch many of them every day…The Palm Beach Story…Sullivan’s Travels…Miracle of MOrgan’s Creek…Hail The Conquering Her. But the one that always gets me wasn’t even made at Paramount. It was Unfaithfully Yours, made at 20th.
Most of his “gang” are in the picture and it is my all time Sturges favorite. The key is his ear for current “lingo.”
And Rex Harrison was absolutely perfect as Sir Alfred DeCarter…who in many respects was supposed to be Sturges going through his painful divorce.
Sturges, Wilder, Lubitsch, McCarey, Capra.

By: Cantara Christopher

Cantara Christopher — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:48:43 +0000

Yes, write something about The Sin of Harold Diddlebock aka Mad Wednesday. It’s always been one of my favorite Preston Sturges films, along with The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek and The Palm Beach Story

By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:16:24 +0000

Interesting read. I never thought of Sturges’ or Hughes’ careers as “all too short”. As Spencer Tracy says in “Pat and Mike” – “what’s there is cherce!”