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Preston Sturges

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The Resume

    (August 29, 1898-August 6, 1959)
    Born in Chicago, Illinois
    Birth name was Edmund Preston Biden
    Director and screenwriter of 'The Great McGinty' (1940), 'The Lady Eve' (1941), 'Sullivan's Travels' (1941), 'The Palm Beach Story' (1942), 'The Miracle of Morgan's Creek' (1944), 'Hail the Conquering Hero' (1944) and 'Unfaithfully Yours' (1948)

Why he might be annoying:

    The studios billed him as the first writer to direct his own screenplays, but he had actually been preceded by Howard Hawks and Frank Capra.
    Two of his marriages ended with divorce, one with an annulment.
    He drank heavily.
    The IRS placed a lien on his properties (1953).
    He died while writing his autobiography, which he had given the working title 'The Events Leading Up To My Death.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    His screenplay for 'The Power and the Glory,' which told the story of a powerful mogul through a series of flashbacks and flashforwards, was influential on 'Citizen Kane.'
    He was the first screenwriter paid a percentage of the profits from a film.
    He sold the screenplay for 'The Great McGinty' for $1 in exchange for the director's job.
    He won the first Oscar for original screenplay (1940).
    Four of his films were chosen for AFI's list '100 Years, 100 Laughs.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 26 Votes: 26.92% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 78 Votes: 47.44% Annoying