The Great McGinty Preston Sturges won the 1940 Academy Award for "Best Original Screenplay" for "The Great McGinty", which was named as one of the "10 Best Films of 1940" by both "The New York Times" and "Film Daily". The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Streaming audio The Great McGinty The Great McGinty is a 1940 political satire comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff and featuring William Demarest and (in her final screen appearance) Muriel Angelus. It was Sturges's first film as a director; he sold the story to Paramount
The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King is a fantasy novel by Lynn Abbey, set in the world of Dark Sun, and based on the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. It is the fifth and final novel published in the "Chronicles of Athas" series. It was published in April 1996 (). "The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King" tells the story of Hamanu. Paul Pettengale reviewed "The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King" for "Arcane" magazine, rating it a 5 out of 10 overall. He comments that, "Of all