Preston Sturges of Fame, at 1601 Vine Street. Informational notes Citations Bibliography Further reading Films: Preston Sturges Preston Sturges (; born Edmund Preston Biden; August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. In 1941, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film "The Great McGinty", his first of three nominations in the category. Sturges took the screwball comedy format of the 1930s to another level, writing dialogue that, heard today, is often surprisingly naturalistic, mature, and ahead of its time, despite the farcical situations. It is not uncommon for a Sturges
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery 2001 collapse. But the "rise and fall" chronology is thinner than it should be, leaving us to marvel at the train wreck without exposing anything new about its causes." Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery is a 2013 documentary about the American independent film distributor The Shooting Gallery, directed by Whitney Ransick. The film had its world premiere on 11 October 2013 at the Hamptons International Film Festival. The documentary looks at the independent film distribution company The Shooting Gallery, which experienced a rise in popularity due to