Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Country: US
Technical: bw 90m
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick
Synopsis:
A Hollywood film director tires of making anodyne comedies and dreams of adapting a momentous book on social issues. By way of preparation he sets out on the road as a tramp, but finds poverty much more complex than he anticipated.
Review:
A Sturges picture that has the slapstick, verbal wit and cynicism of much of his work, while also recalling Capra in its more sentimental moments. The best scenes are those with the butlers and studio bosses early on, but Lake is an admirable foil for McCrea's naïvety. (The Coen brothers resurrected the ultimately unmade property that drives Sullivan's quest for social truth as their own O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
Country: US
Technical: bw 90m
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick
Synopsis:
A Hollywood film director tires of making anodyne comedies and dreams of adapting a momentous book on social issues. By way of preparation he sets out on the road as a tramp, but finds poverty much more complex than he anticipated.
Review:
A Sturges picture that has the slapstick, verbal wit and cynicism of much of his work, while also recalling Capra in its more sentimental moments. The best scenes are those with the butlers and studio bosses early on, but Lake is an admirable foil for McCrea's naïvety. (The Coen brothers resurrected the ultimately unmade property that drives Sullivan's quest for social truth as their own O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
Country: US
Technical: bw 90m
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick
Synopsis:
A Hollywood film director tires of making anodyne comedies and dreams of adapting a momentous book on social issues. By way of preparation he sets out on the road as a tramp, but finds poverty much more complex than he anticipated.
Review:
A Sturges picture that has the slapstick, verbal wit and cynicism of much of his work, while also recalling Capra in its more sentimental moments. The best scenes are those with the butlers and studio bosses early on, but Lake is an admirable foil for McCrea's naïvety. (The Coen brothers resurrected the ultimately unmade property that drives Sullivan's quest for social truth as their own O Brother, Where Art Thou?)