Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges: His Life in His Words

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Preston Sturges was not only Hollywood’s first screenwriter to direct his own work, famously selling The Great McGinty to Paramount for $10 in exchange for full creative control, but also won the first Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He also died of a heart attack just before finishing this book.

Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges: His Life in His Words

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Preston Sturges was the great writer and director of Hollywood screwball comedies of the thirties and forties. At the height of his career, Sturges had not only won an Academy Award but was also one of the most highly paid executives in the country.

The only account of his life in his own words, Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges unveils the source of his extraordinary creativity: a life that was every bit as antic and unconventional as his movies.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Preston Sturges
Published: 09/15/1991
Publisher: Touchstone Books
ISBN: 9780671747275
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.68w x 0.89d