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Intrepid Laughter: Preston Sturges and the Movies
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Univ Pr of Kentucky
Publication date April 3, 2013
Pages 169
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780813141947
ISBN-10 081314194X
Dimensions 0.50 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight 0.50 lbs.
Original list price $25.00
Other format details university press
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Throughout his career, Preston Sturges (1898–1959) was known for bringing sophistication and wit to the genre of comedy, establishing himself as one of the most valuable writer-directors in 1940s Hollywood. Today, more than fifty years after they were originally produced, his films have lost little of their edge and remain extremely popular. Intrepid Laughter is an essential guide to the life and work of this luminary of the stage and screen, following Sturges from his unusual childhood, to his early success as a Broadway playwright, to his whirlwind career in Hollywood.

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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780810818156
 
from Scarecrow Pr (September 1, 1985)
9780810818156 | details & prices | 5.75 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $32.50
About: An examination of Sturges's work as an expression of his sensibility, which unified the dissonant features of his comic vision to offer an ironic and yet serious perspective on American life and society.
Paperback
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Reprint edition from Univ Pr of Kentucky (April 3, 2013)
9780813141947 | details & prices | 169 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Throughout his career, Preston Sturges (1898–1959) was known for bringing sophistication and wit to the genre of comedy, establishing himself as one of the most valuable writer-directors in 1940s Hollywood.

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