Preston Sturges
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Film director, screenwriter
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Why Is Preston Sturges Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Preston Sturges was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. Sturges took the screwball comedy format of the 1930s to another level, writing dialogue that, heard today, is often surprisingly naturalistic and mature, despite the farcical situations. It is not uncommon for a Sturges character to deliver an exquisitely turned phrase and take an elaborate pratfall within the same scene.
