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Preston Sturges Papers, 1920-1959

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Born August 29, 1898 in Chicago as Edmond Preston Biden; inventor of kissproof lipstick for mother's cosmetic company; wrote hit Broadway play, Strictly dishonorable, 1929; moved to Hollywood, 1933; worked as screenwriter, and beginning in 1940 as a writer-director of satiric comedies; Academy Award for screenplay The great McGinty, 1940; left Paramount Pictures in 1944, and had a short business association with Howard Hughes, founding California Pictures in mid-1940s; lived in Europe for a period of time during the 1950s, writing and directing his last film in France in 1955; died in New York of heart attack on August 6, 1959.


Collection Overview

Alternative title
Preston Sturges Papers
Date Created
1920-1959

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Repository
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
ARK
ark:/21198/zz000932wt
Opac url
https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/17p22dp/alma9932223513606533
Finding Aid URL
http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf2v19n8m2/
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Notes

Description
Preston Sturges (1898-1959) was a inventor, playwright and motion picture writer and director. He wrote the hit Broadway play, Strictly dishonorable (1929), and received a Academy Award for his screenplay, The great McGinty (1940). He lived in Europe for a period of time during the 1950s, and wrote and directed his last film in France in 1955. The collection consists of film scripts, production material, and correspondence related to Sturges' career.

Keywords

Subjects
Dramatists, American--Archival resources
Sturges, Preston--Archives
Screenwriters--United States--Archival resources
Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Archival resources

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