Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges: His Life in His Words

by Preston Sturges

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780671747275
Publisher:	Touchstone
Publication date:	09/15/1991
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Preston Surges was a motion-picture director, screenwriter, and playwright best known for a series of hugely popular satirical comedies that he made in the early 1940s.