Tag: Preston Sturges

Great Mcginty Script

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Year:1940
Director:Preston Sturges
Written by:Preston Sturges (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from "the boss," who finally decides he'd be ideal as a new, nominally "reform" mayor; but this candidacy requires marriage. His in-name-only marriage to honest Catherine proves the beginning of the end for dishonest Dan...
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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend Script

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Year:1949
Director:Preston Sturges

Script Synopsis:Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news for anything that happens to be in the way. As this is usually the local judge's rear-end, Freddie and friend Conchita are soon hiding out teaching school in the middle of nowhere.
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend Script Resources:

  • The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend Script PDF - 9/24/48 REVISED SHOOTING DRAFT. (XL) at Script City ($)
  • The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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  • The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend ( tt0041165 ) at IMDb
  • The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend ( 56131 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Invisible Man Script

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Year:1933
Director:James Whale
Written by:R.C. Sherriff (Screenplay), Preston Sturges (Screenplay), Philip Wylie (Screenplay), H. G. Wells (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Working in Dr. Cranley’s laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley’s daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion’s Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. But the experimental drug has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He’s prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance.
Invisible Man Script Resources:

  • Invisible Man Script PDF - (CONTINUITY). NO DRAFT DATE. at Script City ($)
  • Invisible Man Script PDF - (CONTINUITY) 6/12/33 at Script City ($)
  • Invisible Man Script PDF - [Continuity] at Script Fly ($)
  • Invisible Man Transcript at scripts.com

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Easy Living Script

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Year:1937
Director:Mitchell Leisen
Written by:Preston Sturges (Screenplay), Vera Caspary (Story)

Script Synopsis:J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.
Easy Living Script Resources:

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Remember The Night Script

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Year:1940
Director:Mitchell Leisen
Written by:Preston Sturges (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When John, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love blossoms.
Remember The Night Script Resources:

  • Remember The Night Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Remember The Night Script PDF - 7/24/1939 at Script City ($)

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The Palm Beach Story Script

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Year:1942
Director:Preston Sturges
Written by:Preston Sturges (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Gerry and Tom Jeffers are finding married life hard. Tom is an inventor/ architect and there is little money for them to live on. They are about to be thrown out of their apartment when Gerry meets rich businessman being shown around as a prospective tenant. He gives Gerry $700 to start life afresh but Tom refuses to believe her story and they quarrel. Gerry decides the marriage is over and heads to Palm Beach for a quick divorce but Tom has plans to stop her.
The Palm Beach Story Script Resources:

  • The Palm Beach Story Script PDF - at Script Fly ($)
  • The Palm Beach Story Script PDF - 11/21/1941 at Script City ($)
  • The Palm Beach Story Transcript at scripts.com

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  • The Palm Beach Story ( tt0035169 ) at IMDb
  • The Palm Beach Story ( 32255 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Hail The Conquering Hero Script

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Year:1944
Director:Preston Sturges
Written by:Preston Sturges (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.
Hail The Conquering Hero Script Resources:

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  • Hail The Conquering Hero ( tt0036891 ) at IMDb
  • Hail The Conquering Hero ( 36498 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Unfaithfully Yours

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Year:1948
Director:Preston Sturges
Written by:Preston Sturges (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his young wife, Daphne, during his absence. August has hired a private detective to keep tabs on her. But when the private eye's report suggests Daphne might have been canoodling with his secretary, Sir Alfred begins to imagine how he might take his revenge.
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The Lady Eve

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Year:1941
Director:Preston Sturges
Written by:Preston Sturges (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
The Lady Eve Script Resources:

  • The Lady Eve Script PDF - 10/18/1940 at Script City ($)
  • The Lady Eve Script PDF - [Uncredited][Dated 10/18/1940] at Script Fly ($)
  • The Lady Eve Script at Amazon ($)
  • The Lady Eve Script at Amazon ($)
  • The Lady Eve Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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Sullivan’s Travels

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Year:1941
Director:Preston Sturges
Written by:Preston Sturges (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.
Sullivan's Travels Script Resources:

  • Sullivan's Travels Script PDF - 5/8/41 REVISED at Script City ($)
  • Sullivan's Travels Script PDF - [undated] at Script Fly ($)
  • Sullivan's Travels Script PDF - [1941-05-08] at Script Fly ($)
  • Sullivan's Travels Script at Amazon ($)
  • Sullivan's Travels Transcript at scripts.com

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