Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges was a american director, screenwriter, producer and actor, known for Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer (1990), The Birds and the Bees (1956) and The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955). He died August 6, 1959. He became 60 years old.
Preston Sturges
- Name: Preston Sturges
- Age: 60 years
- Height: 184 cm
- Birth Date: August 29, 1898
- Birth Name: Edmund Preston Biden
- Birth Region: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Death Date: August 6, 1959
- Death Region: New York City, New York, USA
- Nationality: American
Preston Sturges's filmography
Director
Preston is listed as director for ten titles.
The French, They Are a Funny Race
Movie, 1955
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Jack Buchanan, Martine Carol, Totti Truman Taylor
- Music: Georges Van Parys, Marc Lanjean
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Movie, 1949
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Betty Grable, Rudy Vallee, Cesar Romero, Olga San Juan
- Music: Cyril J. Mockridge
Unfaithfully Yours
Movie, 1948
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Linda Darnell, Rex Harrison, Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence
Mad Wednesday
Movie, 1947
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Rudy Vallee, Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn
- Music: Werner R. Heymann
Hail the Conquering Hero
Movie, 1944
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Eddie Bracken, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn
- Music: Werner R. Heymann
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Movie, 1944
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, William Demarest, Diana Lynn
- Music: Charles Bradshaw, Leo Shuken
The Palm Beach Story
Movie, 1942
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Mary Astor, Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Rudy Vallee
- Music: Victor Young
Safeguarding Military Information
Movie, 1942
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Eddie Bracken, Walter Huston, Jean Phillips
The Lady Eve
Movie, 1941
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Henry Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette
- Music: Phil Boutelje, Charles Bradshaw, Gil Grau, Sigmund Krumgold, John Leipold, Leo Shuken
Sullivan's Travels
Movie, 1941
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Veronica Lake, Joel McCrea, William Demarest, Robert Warwick
- Music: Charles Bradshaw, Leo Shuken
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Screenwriter
Preston is listed as screenwriter for twenty one titles.
The Birds and the Bees
Movie, 1956
- Director: Norman Taurog
- Main cast: David Niven, Reginald Gardiner, Mitzi Gaynor, George Gobel
The French, They Are a Funny Race
Movie, 1955
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Jack Buchanan, Martine Carol, Totti Truman Taylor
- Music: Georges Van Parys, Marc Lanjean
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Movie, 1949
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Betty Grable, Rudy Vallee, Cesar Romero, Olga San Juan
- Music: Cyril J. Mockridge
Unfaithfully Yours
Movie, 1948
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Linda Darnell, Rex Harrison, Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence
I'll Be Yours
Movie, 1947
- Director: William A. Seiter
- Main cast: William Bendix, Deanna Durbin, Adolphe Menjou
- Music: Frank Skinner
Mad Wednesday
Movie, 1947
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Rudy Vallee, Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn
- Music: Werner R. Heymann
Hail the Conquering Hero
Movie, 1944
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Eddie Bracken, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn
- Music: Werner R. Heymann
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Movie, 1944
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, William Demarest, Diana Lynn
- Music: Charles Bradshaw, Leo Shuken
The Palm Beach Story
Movie, 1942
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Mary Astor, Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Rudy Vallee
- Music: Victor Young
Safeguarding Military Information
Movie, 1942
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Eddie Bracken, Walter Huston, Jean Phillips
The Lady Eve
Movie, 1941
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Henry Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette
- Music: Phil Boutelje, Charles Bradshaw, Gil Grau, Sigmund Krumgold, John Leipold, Leo Shuken
Sullivan's Travels
Movie, 1941
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Veronica Lake, Joel McCrea, William Demarest, Robert Warwick
- Music: Charles Bradshaw, Leo Shuken
Remember the Night
Movie, 1940
- Director: Mitchell Leisen
- Main cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Beulah Bondi, Fred MacMurray, Elizabeth Patterson
- Music: Friedrich Hollaender
College Swing
Movie, 1938
- Director: Raoul Walsh
- Main cast: Bob Hope, Gracie Allen, George Burns, Martha Raye
- Music: Gordon Jenkins
Hotel Haywire
Movie, 1937
- Director: George Archainbaud
- Main cast: Mary Carlisle, Leo Carrillo, Lynne Overman
Love Before Breakfast
Movie, 1936
- Director: Walter Lang
- Main cast: Carole Lombard, Preston Foster, Cesar Romero, Janet Beecher
- Music: Franz Waxman
Diamond Jim
Movie, 1935
- Director: A. Edward Sutherland
- Main cast: Jean Arthur, Binnie Barnes
Thirty-Day Princess
Movie, 1934
- Director: Marion Gering
- Main cast: Cary Grant, Sylvia Sidney, Henry Stephenson
- Music: Howard Jackson, John Leipold
20th Century
Movie, 1934
- Director: Howard Hawks
- Main cast: Carole Lombard, John Barrymore, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
The Invisible Man
Movie, 1933
- Director: James Whale
- Main cast: Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains, William Harrigan, Henry Travers
- Music: W. Franke Harling, Heinz Roemheld
They Just Had to Get Married
Movie, 1932
- Director: Edward Ludwig
- Main cast: Zasu Pitts, Slim Summerville, Verree Teasdale, Roland Young
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Producer
Preston is listed as producer for six titles.
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Movie, 1949
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Betty Grable, Rudy Vallee, Cesar Romero, Olga San Juan
- Music: Cyril J. Mockridge
Unfaithfully Yours
Movie, 1948
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Linda Darnell, Rex Harrison, Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence
Mad Wednesday
Movie, 1947
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Rudy Vallee, Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn
- Music: Werner R. Heymann
Hail the Conquering Hero
Movie, 1944
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Eddie Bracken, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn
- Music: Werner R. Heymann
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Movie, 1944
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Main cast: Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, William Demarest, Diana Lynn
- Music: Charles Bradshaw, Leo Shuken
I Married a Witch
Movie, 1942
- Director: René Clair
- Main cast: Veronica Lake, Susan Hayward, Robert Benchley, Fredric March
- Music: Roy Webb
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Actor
Preston is listed as actor for two titles.
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
(archive)
Movie, 1990
- Director: Kenneth Bowser
- Main cast: Preston Sturges, Eddie Bracken, Fritz Weaver
Star Spangled Rhythm
Preston Sturges
Movie, 1942
- Main cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Fred MacMurray, Franchot Tone
- Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
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