Preston Sturges and four by Elliott J. Clawson.) Though he had a thirty-year Hollywood career, Sturges' greatest comedies were filmed in a furious five-year burst of activity from 1939 to 1944, during which he turned out "The Great McGinty", "Christmas in July", "The Lady Eve", "Sullivan's Travels", "The Palm Beach Story", "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" and "Hail the Conquering Hero". Half a century later, four of these – "The Lady Eve", "Sullivan's Travels", "The Palm Beach Story" and "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" – were chosen by the American Film Institute as being among the 100 funniest American films. The film
A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You Buchanan popularity in the United States. The song was licensed for use as a recurring motif in the Preston Sturges film "Christmas in July" (1940). It also appeared in the Jeanne Crain film "Margie" (1946). Carl Stalling would frequently use this song as backing music in Warner Bros. cartoons during scenes depicting hunger, cooking, or eating. Witch Hazel sings her own version of the tune, with altered lyrics, in "Broom-Stick Bunny". The song was also recorded by Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra on Victor Records. A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich