Preston Sturges

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q546204: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as writer. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Sullivan's Travels (1942); Hail the Conquering Hero; The Lady Eve; The Palm Beach Story; Unfaithfully Yours. Count them as director (6 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Nora Ephron: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Preston Sturges ⇒ Nora Ephron (the host's read). Sturges's writer-first absurdist romantic comedy style influenced Ephron, James Brooks and Albert Brooks.
    “obviously, like the Nora Efron of the world were really influenced by Sturgis movies, um, as were like James Brooks and, you know, the people like Albert Brooks”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:48:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (6) everyone in directing

Writing (5) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Preston Sturges → Howard Hawks. Sturges lacks the restored, boxed-set iconography that Hitchcock, Ford, Kurosawa and Fellini enjoy.
    “the way that, like, Hitchcock and John Ford and Akira Kurosawa, like, they're not slipping through the cracks.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:49:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): My Cousin Vinny → Preston Sturges. Screwball in conception but not in execution.
    “it's almost like Preston Sturgis, where it's just like, it's kind of screwball and its conception.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:07:49 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Preston Sturges → Nora Ephron. Sturges's writer-first absurdist romantic comedy style influenced Ephron, James Brooks and Albert Brooks.
    “obviously, like the Nora Efron of the world were really influenced by Sturgis movies, um, as were like James Brooks and, you know, the people like Albert Brooks”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:48:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Preston Sturges → Orson Welles. Sturges, a 7 seed, was placed against Welles, a tough draw.
    “Now we had him against Wells.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:18:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.