Portrait of Preston Sturges

Directing

Preston Sturges

Career

Active from 1933 to 1958, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Unfaithfully Yours
Unfaithfully Yours
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Preston Sturges Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.7, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Scare
    0.8, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 5
  • Classic Screwball Comedy 5
  • Witty Dialogue 5
  • Romantic Comedy 4
  • Lighthearted 4
  • Romantic Entanglements 4
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Mistaken Identity 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Screwball Comedy 3
  • Golden Age Hollywood 3
  • Quirky Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title ยท average score 41
Unfaithfully Yours
Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
GoodWatch score 41

Original Film Writer

1950s

4 titles ยท average score 60
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
GoodWatch score 66

Story

Paris Holiday
Paris Holiday (1958)
GoodWatch score 49

as Serge Vitry

The Birds and the Bees
The Birds and the Bees (1956)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

The French, They Are a Funny Race
The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955)

Director, Writer

1940s

16 titles ยท average score 76
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
GoodWatch score 52

Producer, Writer

Unfaithfully Yours
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
GoodWatch score 88

Screenplay, Producer

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
GoodWatch score 74

Producer, Director

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
GoodWatch score 78

Producer, Writer

Hail the Conquering Hero
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
GoodWatch score 86

Director, Writer

The Great Moment
The Great Moment (1944)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay, Director

The Palm Beach Story
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
GoodWatch score 84

Director, Screenplay

Sullivan's Travels
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
GoodWatch score 86

Director, Writer

The Lady Eve
The Lady Eve (1941)
GoodWatch score 86

Screenplay, Director

Remember the Night
Remember the Night (1940)
GoodWatch score 81

Screenplay

Christmas in July
Christmas in July (1940)
GoodWatch score 84

as Man at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)

The Great McGinty
The Great McGinty (1940)
GoodWatch score 86

Director, Writer

1930s

17 titles ยท average score 67
Never Say Die
Never Say Die (1939)
GoodWatch score 70

Screenplay

If I Were King
If I Were King (1938)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay

College Swing
College Swing (1938)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

Port of Seven Seas
Port of Seven Seas (1938)

Writer

Easy Living
Easy Living (1937)
GoodWatch score 88

Screenplay

Hotel Haywire
Hotel Haywire (1937)

Writer

Love Before Breakfast
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
GoodWatch score 58

Writer

The Good Fairy
The Good Fairy (1935)
GoodWatch score 82

Screenplay

Diamond Jim
Diamond Jim (1935)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer

Twentieth Century
Twentieth Century (1934)
GoodWatch score 78

Writer

Thirty Day Princess
Thirty Day Princess (1934)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory (1933)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay