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Unfaithfully Yours
Unfaithfully Yours is often regarded by critics as Sturges' last great comedy, and his penultimate film as writer/director. It would be followed by one more film directed for Fox, The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful -
Preston Sturges:FAQ
Template:Help-nav When you first see a wiki, it doesn't seem like it could possibly work. If anybody can come along and change things, then how can the information be trusted? Doesn't -
The Great McGinty
The Great McGinty was the first film written and directed by Preston Sturges. It was released by Paramount in 1940, and won the Academy Award for best original screenplay. A cynical political satire and inverted -
The Boss
Played by: Akim Tamiroff The Boss is an immigrant political leader, and the true brains behind all city government, in the The Great McGinty. He first encounters Dan McGinty during the campaign for Mayor Tillinghast -
Akim Tamiroff
Akim Tamiroff (October 29, 1898 - September 17, 1972) was a Russian-born character actor who played The Boss in two Preston Sturges films, The Great McGinty and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek. A graduate -
Jimmy Conlin
Jimmy Conlin (October 14, 1884-May 7, 1962) was a slight, bespectacled character actor with a piping voice who appeared in nine of the films written and directed by Preston Sturges, beginning with The Great -
Sweeney
Played by: Edgar Kennedy Sweeney is a private detective in Unfaithfully Yours, the owner and sole operative of Sweeney's Detective Agency (specializing in investigation, "secret service," and "special information.") Sweeney is hired by August -
Bildocker
Played by: William Demarest Bildocker is the names used for two separate characters, both played by William Demarest, who appeared in Christmas in July and The Palm Beach Story -
The Politician
Played by: William Demarest The Politician appears in The Great McGinty. A member of The Boss' political machine, the Politician is a man of many hats, a wardheeler who stumps for votes, arranges for "proxy -
Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis
Played by: Richard Carle Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis is a character who figures fairly in the script of The Great McGinty, but whose involvement was all but edited from the final film. Dr. Jarvis is -
The Wienie King
Played by: Robert Dudley The Wienie King is an elderly millionaire in The Palm Beach Story. The king is a a sausage magnate, whose most notable achievement is inventing the Texas Wienie (though he advises -
The Lookout
Played by: Jimmy Conlin The Lookout is a nervous character in The Great McGinty. Associated with Benny Felgman, the Lookout keeps an eye out for suspicious characters, but spying Dan McGinty alone, is told to -
Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges (1898 - 1959) was a comedic auteur and one of the earliest screenwriters to branch out into directing his own stories, eventually producing as well. The twelve films which he wrote and directed include -
Sullivan's Travels
Cast[] Joel McCrea as John L. Sullivan, Veronica Lake as The Girl, Robert Warwick as Hadrian, William Demarest as, Margaret Hayes as Secretary, Porter Hall, Eric Blore as Sullivan's Valet, Robert Greig as Burrows -
Madame LaJolla
Played by: Esther Howard Madame Julia LaJolla is the first customer encountered on McGinty's collection rounds in The Great McGinty. According to The Boss, she runs "a kind of fortune-telling outfit," as further -
Preston Sturges Wiki
Welcome to Preston Sturges Wiki Recent changes/ Preston Sturges Wiki FAQ 28 articles since May 30, 2007 Preston Sturges Wiki is a collaborative encyclopedia about the work of Preston Sturges. The wiki format allows anyone -
Rex Harrison
Rex Harrison (1908-1990) was an Academy Award-winning actor who starred as Sir Alfred De Carter in Sturges' film Unfaithfully Yours. Harrison was featured in many classic films during his long career, including Anna -
The Lady Eve
Cast[] Barbara Stanwyck as, Henry Fonda as, Charles Coburn as, Eugene Pallette as, William Demarest as, Eric Blore as, Melville Cooper as -
Hail the Conquering Hero
Cast[] Eddie Bracken as, Ella Raines as, Raymond Walburn as Mayor Nobel, William Demarest as, Bill Edwards as, Elizabeth Patterson as, Jimmy Conlin as, Franklin Pangborn as, Jack Norton as, Paul Porcasi as, Al Bridge -
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Cast[] Eddie Bracken as, Betty Hutton as, William Demarest as, Diana Lynn as, Brian Donlevy as, Akim Tamiroff as, Porter Hall as, Almira Sessions as, Jimmy Conlin as -
Christmas in July
Cast[] Dick Powell as, Ellen Drew as, Raymond Walburn as, William Demarest as, Ernest Truex as, Franklin Pangborn as -
20th Century-Fox Film Corporation
20th Century-Fox Film Corporation was created in 1935 by a merger between Twentieth Century Pictures and the Fox Film Corporation. It was most noted for being the home for Shirley Temple's movies, as -
Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Kennedy was a comic actor and a veteran of "two-reel" comedy shorts, working with Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, and starring in a long-running "Mr. Average Man" series. He played Jake the -
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Cast[] Harold Lloyd as, Frances Ramsden as, Jimmy Conlin as, Raymond Walburn as, Edgar Kennedy as, Arline Judge as, Lionel Stander as, Rudy Vallee as -
The Great Moment
Cast[] Joel McCrea as, Betty Field as, Harry Carey as, William Demarest as, Franklin Pangborn as, Grady Sutton as, Louis Jean Heydt as
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