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04252aam a2200553 i 4500 001 85BCBDE8DDAE11EDB031D5162DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230418010100 008 220522s2023 nyua b 001 0deng c 010 $a 2022013872 020 $a 0231207298 020 $a 9780231207294 020 $a 023120728X 020 $a 9780231207287 035 $a (OCoLC)1323467232 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d GO6 $d YDX $d BDX $d VP@ $d NJB $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN1998.3.S78 $b K53 2023 082 00 $a 791.4302/33092 $2 23/eng/20220604 100 1 $a Klawans, Stuart, $e author. 245 10 $a Crooked, but never common : $b the films of Preston Sturges / $c Stuart Klawans. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a 366 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "For a brief period of about five years in the early 1940s, Preston Sturges sat on the top of Hollywood. At the time, he was one of the few people, along with Orson Welles and Frank Capra, who both wrote and directed his films. Sturges's films including The Great McGinty (1940), Sullivan's Travels (1941), The Palm Beach Story (1942), The Miracle of Morgan Creek (1942), and Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) have become classics of American comedy and took the genre of screwball comedy in new directions. Beyond their comedic elements and brilliant dialogue, Sturges's films remain timely in their critical view of social and political arrangements, yearning for and disillusionment with romantic love, and defiance of prudery. His work's influence continues to influence contemporary directors such as the Coen brothers. In Crooked, but Never Common, longtime film critic for The Nation, Stuart Klawans examines what made Sturges's film so distinctive, fun, and incisive in their critique of the hypocrisies of American society. The book ties the films into the director's own life and his struggles navigating the Hollywood studio system, and presents Sturges as a filmmaker whose work balanced slapstick and critique, American and European traditions, and a cynicism and affection for his characters"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Instead of an introduction : a rhetoric of Preston Sturges -- Ya can't get away from arithmetic : The great McGinty -- He thinks he has ideas : Christmas in July -- I'm not a poet, I'm an ophiologist : The Lady Eve -- As you are, so shall you remain : Sullivan's travels -- Topic A : The Palm Beach story -- Homo sapiens, the wise guy : Triumph over pain -- Psycholology : The miracle of Morgan's Creek -- That's all you know how to hurt : Hail the conquering hero -- You arouse the artist in me : The sin of Harold Diddlebock -- Every emotion was exaggerated : Unfaithfully yours -- Instead of a conclusion : a genealogy of Preston Sturges. 600 10 $a Sturges, Preston $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 17 $a Sturges, Preston. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00087005 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 650 0 $a Comedy films $z United States $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Motion pictures $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Motion picture producers and directors $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Screenwriters $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a History. 650 7 $a Comedy films. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00869095 650 7 $a Motion picture producers and directors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01027225 650 7 $a Motion pictures. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01027285 650 7 $a Screenwriters. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01109351 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: $a Klawans, Stuart. $t Crooked, but never common $d New York : Columbia University Press, 2023 $z 9780231556903 $w (DLC) 2022013873 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117015216.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230902013915.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=85BCBDE8DDAE11EDB031D5162DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search