This title includes "The Palm Beach Story", "Triumph over Pain/The Great Moment", "The Miracle at Morgan's Creek", and "Unfaithfully Yours". Humorous, sophisticated, and superbly crafted, the cinema of Preston Sturges maintains an enduring presence in the small canon of films that enjoy critical acc[...]
The publication by the University of California Press of Five Screenplays by Preston Sturges and Four More Screenplays by Preston Sturges has been applauded by cinephiles and admirers of the director's work, and recognized as a major contribution to the history of American cinema. In this third volu[...]
The latest rousing tale of sex, sleaze, and salvation in the City of Angels, featuring Dick Henry, the Shortcut Man, by p. g. sturges, whom Michael Connelly calls "a worthy successor to Chandler" In Angel's Gate, Dick Henry is drawn into a case involving an aging but still amorous Los Angeles movie [...]
The latest novel in the acclaimed "Shortcut Man" series is a rousing tale of sex, sleaze, and salvation in the City of Angels that's "filled with enough dark humor and shady characters to satisfy the most rabid noir fan" (Associated Press).
Our hero Dick Henry--aka the Shortcut Man--becomes invo[...]
Few directors of the 1930s and '40s were as distinctive and popular as Preston Sturges, whose whipsmart comedies have entertained audiences for decades. Beginning with a foreword by Peter Bogdanovich, this book offers a new critical appreciation of Sturges' whole oeuvre, incorporating a detailed stu[...]