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The American cinema : directors and directions, 1929-1968 New York: Dutton, 1968.
Call No: 802.25(73) SARAuthor: Sarris, Andrew Edition: [1st ed.]Place: New YorkPublisher: DuttonPubDate: 1968PhysDes: 383 p. 22 cmSubject: DIRECTORS. USA ; LUBITSCH, ERNST ; LOSEY, JOSEPH ; FORD, JOHN ; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; OPHULS, MAX ; VON STERNBERG, JOSEF ; PREMINGER, OTTO ; STURGES, PRESTON ; WALSH, RAOUL ; LEWIS, JERRY ; WELLES, ORSON LON: 31835
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American directors : volume 1 / Jean-Pierre Coursodon with Pierre Sauvage New York: McGraw-Hill, c1983.
Call No: 802.25(73) COU vol.1Author: Coursodon, Jean-Pierre ; Sauvage, Pierre Place: New YorkPublisher: McGraw-HillPubDate: c1983PhysDes: 2 v. ; 24 cmSubject: DIRECTORS. USA ; BERKELEY, BUSBY ; BORZAGE, FRANK ; BROWN, CLARENCE ; CAPRA, FRANK ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; CUKOR, GEORGE ; CURTIZ, MICHAEL ; DAVES, DELMER ; DEMILLE, CECIL B. ; DWAN, ALLAN ; FLEMING, VICTOR ; FORD, JOHN ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; HUSTON, JOHN ; KING, HENRY ; LA CAVA, GREGORY ; LANG, FRITZ ; LEROY, MERVYN ; LEWIS, JOSEPH H. ; LUBITSCH, ERNST ; MAMOULIAN, ROUBEN ; MANN, ANTHONY ; MCCAREY, LEO ; PREMINGER, OTTO ; SHERMAN, VINCENT ; SIRK, DOUGLAS ; STAHL, JOHN M. ; VON STERNBERG, JOSEF ; STEVENS, GEORGE ; STURGES, PRESTON ; TOURNEUR, JACQUES ; ULMER, EDGAR G. ; VIDOR, KING ; WALSH, RAOUL ; WELLMAN, WILLIAM ; WILDER, BILLY ; WYLER, WILLIAM Notes: Includes filmographies and indexesISBN: 0070132623 (pbk. : v. 2) : $8.95; 0070132631 (v. 1) : $13.95; 0070132615 (pbk. : v. 1) : $8.95; 007013264X (v. 2) : $13.95LON: 2198273
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Between flops : a biography of Preston Sturges / James Curtis New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1982.
Call No: 81STU CURAuthor: Curtis, James, 1953 Edition: 1st edPlace: New YorkPublisher: Harcourt, Brace, JovanovichPubDate: 1982PhysDes: xi, 339 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cmSubject: STURGES, PRESTON Notes: Includes index; Filmography: p. 299-328ISBN: 0151119325LON: 81048009; 2175225
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Christmas in July : the life and art of Preston Sturges / Diane Jacobs Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992.
Call No: 81STU JACAuthor: Jacobs, Diane Place: BerkeleyPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: 1992PhysDes: xiv, 525 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: STURGES, PRESTON Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-511) and indexISBN: 0520079264 (alk. paper)LON: 92019690; 9079797
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Cinema de la cruaute. English : from Bunuel to Hitchcock / by Andre Bazin ; edited and with an introduction by Francois Truffaut ; translated by Sabine d' Estree with the assistance of Tiffany Fliss New York: Seaver Books, 1982.
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The fabulous life & times of Preston Sturges : an American dreamer New York: Curtis Books, [c1973].
Call No: 81STU URSAuthor: Ursini, James Place: New YorkPublisher: Curtis BooksPubDate: [c1973]PhysDes: 240 p. illus. 18 cmSubject: STURGES, PRESTON Notes: On spine: Preston Sturges; Bibliography: p. 211-215; "Filmography": p. 217-240LON: 74168260; 329428
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Five screenplays / by Preston Sturges ; edited with an introduction by Brian Henderson. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1985.
Call No: 792 STUAuthor: Sturges, Preston ; Henderson, Brian Robert Source: USPlace: Berkeley, CaliforniaPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: 1985PhysDes: vii, 848 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 23 cmSubject: GREAT MCGINTY, THE (US, Preston Sturges, 1940) ; CHRISTMAS IN JULY (US, Preston Sturges, 1940) ; LADY EVE, THE (US, Preston Sturges, 1941) ; SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (US, Preston Sturges, 1942) ; HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO (US, Preston Sturges, 1943) ; STURGES, PRESTON Summary: "Brian Henderson's introduction provides an overview of Sturges criticism and brief biographical material. Each script is preceded by a prefatory essay discussing its evolution. The insights provided by this volume will be useful to film students and aspiring screenwriters, and fascinating to anyone interested in screen comedy..." -- Publisher descriptionNotes: Includes bibliographical references.ISBN: 0520055640Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- The great McGinty -- Christmas in July -- The Lady Eve -- Sullivan's travels -- Hail the conquering hero
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Hollywood voices : interviews with film directors / edited by Andrew Sarris London: Secker & Warburg, c1967.
Call No: 802.25 HOLAuthor: Sarris, Andrew Place: LondonPublisher: Secker & WarburgPubDate: c1967PhysDes: 180p. : millus. ; 21 cmSubject: CUKOR, GEORGE ; MAMOULIAN, ROUBEN ; PREMINGER, OTTO ; STURGES, PRESTON ; HUSTON, JOHN ; LOSEY, JOSEPH ; RAY, NICHOLAS ; POLONSKY, ABRAHAM ; WELLES, ORSON ISBN: 0436441519LON: 13212256 13212256Donation: Patrick O'Brien
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Lunatics and lovers : a tribute to the giddy and glittering era of the screen's "screwball" and romantic comedies New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, [1973].
Call No: 732 SENAuthor: Sennett, Ted Place: New Rochelle, N.Y.Publisher: Arlington HousePubDate: [1973]PhysDes: 368 p. illus. 24 cmSubject: COMEDIES ; STURGES, PRESTON ; AWFUL TRUTH, THE (US, Leo McCarey, 1937) ; BRINGING UP BABY (US, Howard Hawks, 1938) ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; [MISTER] MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (US, Frank Capra, 1936) ; YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (US, Frank Capra, 1938) ; HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO (US, Preston Sturges, 1943) Notes: Bibliography: p. [355]-356ISBN: 0870001965LON: 506387
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Movies / Manny Farber New York: Hillstone,
Call No: 67(04) FARAuthor: Farber, Manny Place: New YorkPublisher: HillstonePhysDes: viii, 288 p., [18] of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.Subject: ACTORS ; EXPERIMENTAL FILMS ; FESTIVALS. NEW YORK ; UNDERGROUND FILMS ; AGEE, JAMES ; ALDRICH, ROBERT ; ANTONIONI, MICHELANGELO ; BERGMAN, INGMAR ; BOGARDE, DIRK ; BOGART, HUMPHREY ; BRESSON, ROBERT ; BUNUEL, LUIS ; BURTON, RICHARD ; DENEUVE, CATHERINE ; FONDA, HENRY ; FORD, JOHN ; FULLER, SAMUEL ; GODARD, JEAN-LUC ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; HUSTON, JOHN ; KAZAN, ELIA ; MANN, ANTHONY ; MOREAU, JEANNE ; SIEGEL, DON ; SNOW, MICHAEL ; STEVENS, GEORGE ; STURGES, PRESTON ; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH ; ASPHALT JUNGLE, THE (US, John Huston, 1950) ; BELLE DE JOUR (FR/IT, Luis Bunuel, 1967) ; BIG CLOCK, THE (US, John Farrow, 1947) ; BIG SLEEP, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1946) ; BODY SNATCHER, THE (US, Robert Wise, 1945) ; CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, THE (US, Gunther von Fritsch & Robert Wise, 1944) ; DETECTIVE STORY (US, William Wyler, 1951) ; FLAMING STAR (US, Don Siegel, 1960) ; HIGH SIERRA (US, Raoul Walsh, 1941) ; HIS KIND OF WOMAN (US, John Farrow, 1951) ; HIS GIRL FRIDAY (US, Howard Hawks, 1940) ; KILLERS, THE (US, Robert Siodmak, 1946) ; ODD MAN OUT (UK, Carol Reed, 1947) ; LADY FROM SHANGHAI, THE (US, Orson Welles, 1948) ; PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (US, Samuel Fuller, 1953) ; PROWLER, THE (US, Joseph Losey, 1950) ; RED RIVER (US, Howard Hawks, 1948) ; ROARING TWENTIES, THE (US, Raoul Walsh, 1939) ; SCAR OF SHAME, THE (US, Frank Peregini, 1927) ; SET-UP (US, Kathryn Bigelow, 1978) ; SKAMMEN (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1968) ; SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (US, Preston Sturges, 1942) ; SUNSET BOULEVARD (US, Billy Wilder, 1950) ; THIRD MAN, THE (UK, Carol Reed, 1949) Notes: Includes index.; Orginally published as: Negative space
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Movies of the forties / edited by Ann Lloyd ; consultant editor David Robinson London: Orbis Publishing, 1982.
Call No: 70 MOVAuthor: Robinson, David, 1930 ; Lloyd, Ann, 1945 Place: LondonPublisher: Orbis PublishingPubDate: 1982PhysDes: 219 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1940's ; ENFANTS DU PARADIS, LES (FR, Marcel Carne, 1945) ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; BERGMAN, INGRID ; ROSSELLINI, ROBERTO ; VISCONTI, LUCHINO ; DE SICA, VITTORIO ; WELLES, ORSON ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; LADRI DI BICICLETTE (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1949) ; WYLER, WILLIAM ; GOLDWYN, SAMUEL ; REED, CAROL ; THIRD MAN, THE (UK, Carol Reed, 1949) ; Powell, Michael ; GUINNESS, ALEC ; KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (UK, Robert Hamer, 1949) ; Lean, David ; HUSTON, JOHN ; MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941) ; BOGART, HUMPHREY ; GARFIELD, JOHN ; HAYWORTH, RITA ; KELLY, GENE ; DONEN, STANLEY ; GARLAND, JUDY ; BALCON, MICHAEL ; DISNEY, WALT ; MCLAREN, NORMAN ; WELLMAN, WILLIAM ; STURGES, PRESTON ; HEPBURN, KATHARINE ; WALSH, RAOUL Summary: A look at film in the 1940s with short chapters devoted to films, filmmakers, actors and genres of the period, as well as reports on non-US cinemas.Notes: Includes index.
Includes filmographies.ISBN: 0856134546
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Negative space : Manny Farber on the movies / new preface by Robert Walsh New York: Da Capo Press, 1998.
Call No: 67(04) FARAuthor: Farber, Manny Edition: Expanded edPlace: New YorkPublisher: Da Capo PressPubDate: 1998PhysDes: xiv, 412 p. ; 21 cmSubject: FESTIVALS. NEW YORK ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; HUSTON, JOHN ; LEWTON ,VAL ; AGEE, JAMES ; STURGES, PRESTON ; CAPRA, FRANK ; SIEGEL, DON ; FULLER, SAMUEL ; SNOW, MICHAEL ; GODARD, JEAN-LUC ; BUNUEL, LUIS ; WALSH, RAOUL ; ROEG, NICOLAS ; HERZOG, WERNER ; FASSBINDER, RAINER WERNER ; FARBER, MANNY ; AKERMAN, CHANTAL ; JONES, CHUCK ; Stewart, James ; FORD, JOHN ; WALSH, RAOUL ; WARHOL, ANDY ; PATTERSON, PATRICIA ; WAVELENGTH (US, Michael Snow, 1967) ; FAR COUNTRY, THE (US, Anthony Mann, 1954) ; CARABINIERS, LES (FR/IT, Jean-Luc Godard, 1963) ; DETECTIVE STORY (US, William Wyler, 1951) ; HOME OF THE BRAVE (US, Mark Robson, 1949) ; SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, THE (UK, Martin Ritt, 1965) ; HOW I WON THE WAR (UK, Richard Lester, 1967) ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; GRADUATE, THE (US, Mike Nichols, 1967) ; IN COLD BLOOD (US, Richard Brooks, 1967) ; JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (BE, Chantal Akerman, 1975) ; TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) ; THIRD MAN, THE (UK, Carol Reed, 1949) ; SKAMMEN (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1968) ; CHINOISE, LA (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1967) ; BELLE DE JOUR (FR/IT, Luis Bunuel, 1967) Summary: Manny Farber, one of the most important and entertaining critics in movie history, championed the American action film - the bravado of Howard Hawks, the art brut styling of Samuel Fuller, the crafty, sordid entertainments of Don Siegel - at a time when other critics dismissed the genre. His witty, incisive criticism later worked exacting language into an exploration of the feelings and strategies that went into low-budget and radical films as diverse as Michael Snow's Wavelength, Werner Herzog's Fata Morgana, and Shantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman. Expanded with an in-depth interview and seven essays written in collaboration with his wife, artist Patricia Patterson, Negative Space gathers Farber's most influential writings, making this an indispensable collection for all lovers of filmNotes: "First Da Capo Press edition"--T.p. verso; Includes indexISBN: 0306808293 (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 13667387
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Preston Sturges : the last years of Hollywood's first writer-director / Nick Smedley and Tom Sturges Bristol, UK: Intellect, June 2019.
Call No: 81 STU SMEAuthor: Smedley, Nick ; Sturges, Tom Edition: 2019Place: Bristol, UKPublisher: IntellectPubDate: June 2019PhysDes: xiv, 310 pages : illustratedSubject: STURGES, PRESTON Summary: Few directors of the 1930s and 40s were as distinctive and popular as Preston Sturges, whose whipsmart comedies have entertained audiences for decades. This book offers a new critical appreciation of Sturges' whole oeuvre, incorporating a detailed study of the last ten years of his life from new primary sources. Preston Sturges details the many unfinished projects of Sturges' last decade, including films, plays, TV series and his autobiography. Drawing on diaries, sketchbooks, correspondence, unpublished screenplays and more, Nick Smedley and Tom Sturges present the writer-director's final years in more detail than we've ever seen, showing a master still at work – even if very little of that work ultimately made it to the screen or stage. -- publisher's web siteNotes: uncorrected page proofISBN: 9781783209927Contents: Foreword by Peter Bogdanovich -- Preface by Nick Smedley
Part I -- The Preludes: The Brilliant Career of Preston Sturges, 1940–1949 — A Critical Survey of His Hollywood Films -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. The Emergence of a Genius -- 3. Sturges Triumphant -- 4. A Sputtering Flame: The Final Hollywood Films -- 5. Conclusion: The Brilliant Career of Preston Sturges
Part II -- The Last Years of Preston Sturges, 1949–1959 -- Chapter 1: A Fallen Giant: Adjusting to the New, 1949–1950 -- Chapter 2: Back to the Future: Broadway and Paramount, 1951–1952 -- Chapter 3: Sturges’ Travels: Farewell to America, 1953 -- Chapter 4: The Millionairess and the Major: Sturges Returns to Paris, 1954 -- Chapter 5: Americans in Paris: Filming Major Thompson, 1955 -- Chapter 6: American Gangster: The Trials and Tribulations of Independent Film Production, 1956–1957 -- Chapter 7: Farcical Manoeuvres, 1957–1958 -- Chapter 8: New York, New York: Public Hopes, Private Griefs, 1957 -- Chapter 9: For Better or For Worse: Marital Tensions, 1957–1958 -- Chapter 10: Sliding Towards the Brink, January–July 1958 -- Chapter 11: The Road to Despair, July–December 1958 -- Chapter 12: The Conquering Hero: Return to New York, January–March 1959 -- Chapter 13: Triumph over Pain: The Last Happy Months of Preston Sturges, March–August 1959 -- Chapter 14: The Events Have Led Up to His Death, August 1959
Afterword by P. G. Sturges -- Appendix 1: Fabulous Inventions -- Appendix 2: Story Ideas – Index.
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Preston Sturges on Preston Sturges / adapted and edited by Sandy Sturges London: Faber and Faber, 1991, c1990.
Call No: 81STU STUAuthor: Sturges, Preston ; Sturges, Sandy Place: LondonPublisher: Faber and FaberPubDate: 1991, c1990PhysDes: 352p, [8]p of plates : ill., ports ; 24cmSubject: STURGES, PRESTON Notes: Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1990; Includes indexISBN: 0571164250; 0571164250 : ª14.99LON: bnb57116425; 8380522
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Romantic comedy in Hollywood : from Lubitsch to Sturges / James Harvey New York: Knopf, 1987.
Call No: 732(73) HARAuthor: Harvey, James, 1929 Edition: 1st edSource: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: KnopfPubDate: 1987PhysDes: xii, 716 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: ACTORS ; COMEDIES ; DIRECTORS ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1930's ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1940's ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; ROMANTIC COMEDY ; ROMANTIC FILMS. USA ; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ; STAR SYSTEM ; ARTHUR, JEAN ; ASTAIRE, FRED ; BRACKEN, EDDIE ; CAGNEY, JAMES ; CAPRA, FRANK ; COLBERT, CLAUDETTE ; COOPER, GARY ; DUNNE, IRENE ; GABLE, CLARK ; GRANT, CARY ; HARLOW, JEAN ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; LA CAVA, GREGORY ; Lombard, Carole ; LOY, MYRNA ; LUBITSCH, ERNST ; MCCAREY, LEO ; MCCREA, JOEL ; POWELL, WILLIAM ; ROGERS, GINGER ; Stanwyck, Barbara ; STEVENS, GEORGE ; STURGES, PRESTON ; AWFUL TRUTH, THE (US, Leo McCarey, 1937) ; BRINGING UP BABY (US, Howard Hawks, 1938) ; [FIFTH] 5TH AVENUE GIRL (US, Gregory La Cava, 1939) ; HIS GIRL FRIDAY (US, Howard Hawks, 1940) ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; LADY EVE, THE (US, Preston Sturges, 1941) ; LOVE PARADE, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1929) ; NINOTCHKA (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1939) ; PALM BEACH STORY, THE (US, Preston Sturgess, 1942) ; SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1940) ; TROUBLE IN PARADISE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1932) ; UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (US, Preston Sturges, 1948) Summary: "Reading ROMANTIC COMEDY is like going to the movies. It recreates for us movies we've come to love: movies the way they were when, in 1934, four in particular - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, TWENTIETH CENTURE, THE THIN MAN, and THE GAY DIVORCEE - heralded the arrival of the golden age of Hollywood romantic ("screwball") comedy. Over the next ten years, some of Hollywood's brightest directors and stars turned out some of America's most enduring and beloved films. The screwballs - slangy, irreverent, playful, skeptical, and "powerfully, glamorously in love with love" - constitute a genre of American film unique in its combination of the innocent and the worldly, of swank and slapstick. Now critic James Harvey - writing with brilliance and humor - gives us the first truly comprehensive book about these movies and the people who made them." [Taken from book jacket]Notes: Includes indexISBN: 0394503392LON: 5273661
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Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTIONPhysDes: ClippingsSubject: STURGES, PRESTON
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Talking pictures : screenwriters in the American cinema / Richard Corliss ; pref. by Andrew Sarris New York: Penguin Books, 1975, c1974.
Call No: 802.24(73) CORAuthor: Corliss, Richard Place: New YorkPublisher: Penguin BooksPubDate: 1975, c1974PhysDes: xxviii, 398 p. ; 20 cmSubject: SCRIPTWRITERS. USA ; STURGES, PRESTON ; TASHLIN, FRANK ; AXELROD, GEORGE ; KOCH, HOWARD ; WILDER, BILLY ; COMDEN, BETTY ; GREEN, ADOLPH ; GORDON, RUTH ; MANKIEWICZ, JOSEPH L. ; ROBINSON, CASEY ; DAVES, DELMER ; LARDNER, RING, Jr. ; BENTON, ROBERT ; SOUTHERN, TERRY ; SEGAL, ERICH ; HENRY, BUCK ; FEIFFER, JULES ; NEWMAN, DAVID ; TRUMBO, DALTON ; FURTHMAN, JULES ; BUCHMAN, SIDNEY ; RYSKIND, MORRIE ; MAYER, EDWIN JUSTUS ; LEDERER, CHARLES ; BRACKETT, CHARLES ; NUGENT, FRANK S. ; JOHNSON, NUNNALLY ; LEHMAN, ERNEST ; KANIN, GARSON ; RISKIN, ROBERT ; NICHOLS, DUDLEY ; MANKIEWICZ, HERMAN J. ; KRASNA, NORMAN ; STONE, PETER ; CHASE, BORDEN ; POLONSKY, ABRAHAM ; RAPHAELSON, SAMSON ; HECHT, BEN ISBN: 0140040897 : $4.95 ($5.50 Can)LON: 279480
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