P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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“Hail the Conquering Hero” (1944) — Preston Sturges’ final film in his brilliant stretch at Paramount in the early 1940s. Exquisite combination of screwball antics, biting social and political satire, sentimentality and a dash of wartime patriotism. This is Sturges at the peak of his craft.
#hollywood #comedies #prestonsturges
Eva · @avadesordre
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A Chicago è #NatoOggi nel 1898 il regista #PrestonSturges nel 1941 dirige #LadyEva che figura tra le migliori 100 commedie brillanti nella lista stilata nel 2015 https://www.desordre.it/desordre/2017/06/lady-eva.html
#29agosto #botd #cinemastodon #filmastodon #unocinema #NatoOggi #prestonsturges #ladyeva
P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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A Preston Sturges classic comedy that doesn’t get the attention it deserves: “Hail the Conquering Hero” (1944)
#oldhollywood #comedies #prestonsturges
Paul Brenner · @pbrenner
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MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If you don't mind my mentioning it, Father, I think you have a mind like a swamp!”
Diana Lynn in The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
#TheMiracleOfMorgansCreek #PrestonSturges #DianaLynn
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
#themiracleofmorganscreek #prestonsturges #dianalynn #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
Classic Movies Today · @classicmovies
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76 years ago:
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (US)
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who nev...
1947-04-04
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/23001
#TheSinofHaroldDiddlebock #PrestonSturges #HaroldLloyd #MargaretHamilton #UnitedArtists
#thesinofharolddiddlebock #prestonsturges #haroldlloyd #margarethamilton #unitedartists
Paul Brenner · @pbrenner
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MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You handle Handel like nobody handles Handel . . . And your Delius — delirious!”
Edgar Kennedy in Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
#unfaithfullyyours #sturges #prestonsturges #edgarkennedy
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
#unfaithfullyyours #sturges #prestonsturges #edgarkennedy #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
Paul Brenner · @pbrenner
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MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Many things are clear today which previously were murky.”
Robert Greig in Easy Living
#easyliving #mitchellleisen #leisen #prestonsturges #sturges #robertgreig #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
#easyliving #mitchellleisen #leisen #prestonsturges #sturges #robertgreig #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
cinematicenthus · @Cinematicenthus
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If anyone could make a #screwballcomedy during wartime, it's the genius, #PrestonSturges with HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO.
One of my favorite performances from #BOTD #EddieBracken.
#classicmovies #cinemastodon #FilmMastodon #oldhollywood #eddiebracken #botd #prestonsturges #screwballcomedy
Cladrite Radio · @cladrite
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Tonight, for the first time in ages, we caught Preston Sturges’ HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO at NYC's Film Forum. It struck us as remarkable that Georgia Caine, who played Eddie Bracken's warm, loving mom in the film, also portrayed Barbara Stanwyck's bitter, hateful mother in REMEMBER THE NIGHT. #PrestonSturges #CharacterActresses #oldmovies #classicfilm #classicmovies #classicHollywood
#prestonsturges #characteractresses #oldmovies #classicfilm #classicmovies #classichollywood
SaltiredPopcorn 🏴😈 · @SaltiredPopcorn
706 followers · 1995 posts · Server bbq.snoot.comhttp://foritismansnumber.blogspot.com/2022/12/remember-night-1940.html?m=1
A bit of class on the blog today.
#MovieReview #blog #RememberTheNight #christmas #xmastodon #movies #film #cinema #cinemastodon #filmastodon #mastomovies #BarbaraStanwyck #FredMacmurray #PrestonSturges #MitchellLeisen
#moviereview #blog #rememberthenight #christmas #xmastodon #movies #film #cinema #cinemastodon #filmastodon #mastomovies #barbarastanwyck #fredmacmurray #prestonsturges #mitchellleisen
Cladrite Radio · @cladrite
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Here's our annual pitch for the official Christmas movie of Cladrite Radio: REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940), written by the great Preston Sturges and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray,
airing tonight at 8 p.m. ET. This picture has it all: comedy, drama, sentimentality, romance, nostalgia (even back in its day) and one of the hardest-hitting emotional scenes in movie history (you'll know it when you see it). A must-see. #OldMovies #ChristmasMovies #PrestonSturges #BarbaraStanwyck
#oldmovies #christmasmovies #prestonsturges #barbarastanwyck
Paul Brenner · @pbrenner
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MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I need him like the axe needs the turkey.”
Barbara Stanwyck in The Lady Eve
#theladyeve #prestonsturges #barbarastanwyck #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
#theladyeve #prestonsturges #barbarastanwyck #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
Ray Newman · @RayNewman
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Now watching: ‘The Lady Eve’, dir. Preston Sturges, 1941.
“Are you an adventuress?”
“Of course I am. All women are. They have to be. If you waited for a man to propose to you from natural causes, you'd die of old maidenhood.”
#1940sFilms #OldMovies #HenryFonda #BarbaraStanwyck #PrestonSturges
#1940sfilms #oldmovies #henryfonda #barbarastanwyck #prestonsturges
Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Preston Sturges' THE LADY EVE [1941]
1. “But then she must be very, very … ?”
“Oh, very!”
2. Covered in roast and pan drippings.
3. Mr. Murgatroyd.
#3things #movies #PrestonSturges #screwball #HenryFonda #BarbaraStanwyck
#barbarastanwyck #henryfonda #screwball #prestonsturges #Movies #3Things
Rob Christopher · @randomcha
317 followers · 833 posts · Server mstdn.social3 things about Preston Sturges' THE LADY EVE [1941]
1. “But then she must be very, very … ?”
“Oh, very!”
2. Covered in roast and pan drippings.
3. Mr. Murgatroyd.
#3things #movies #PrestonSturges #screwball #HenryFonda #BarbaraStanwyck
#barbarastanwyck #henryfonda #screwball #prestonsturges #Movies #3Things
Rob Christopher · @randomcha
262 followers · 584 posts · Server mstdn.socialTHE LADY EVE just gets better every time I see it. The double (and triple!) entendres he pulls off, you couldn't even attempt today. This is now a Preston Sturges stan account. "Oh, go peel an eel!"
#screwball #barbarastanwyck #prestonsturges
Rob Christopher · @randomcha
317 followers · 833 posts · Server mstdn.socialTHE LADY EVE just gets better every time I see it. The double (and triple!) entendres he pulls off, you couldn't even attempt today. This is now a Preston Sturges stan account. "Oh, go peel an eel!"
#screwball #barbarastanwyck #prestonsturges
rexparker · @rexparker
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Mood
(EASY LIVING, 1937) #classicfilms #classicfilm #criterionchannel #screwballcomedy #prestonsturges #nyt #nytstrike
#nytstrike #nyt #prestonsturges #screwballcomedy #criterionchannel #classicfilm #classicfilms
Leslie Molson · @lesliemolson
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Criterion Channel just added most of the Preston Sturges films!
My first watch: "Hail the Conquering Hero" (1944)
P.M.Bryant · @pmbryant
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Porter Hall looks at stars Betty Hutton and Eddie Bracken in the Preston Sturges comedy “Miracle of Morgan’s Creek” (1944).
For me, this has got to be one of the funniest movies ever made.
#classicfilm #prestonsturges #comedies