Crooked, but Never Common: The Films of Preston Sturges, by Stuart Klawans. Columbia UP, 2023, 366 pp.

Has there ever been a director who burned brighter, and for a shorter period, than Preston Sturges? The first to utilise, and subsequently capitalise on, the “written and directed by” credit, Sturges was a wunderkind filmmaker—acidic in both his portrayal of politics and romance over the course of e...

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Main Author: Christian Gallichio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University College Cork 2025-02-01
Series:Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
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Online Access:https://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue28/HTML/ReviewGallichio.html
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