![]() ![]() ![]() MGM’s idea of ‘down-home values’ also housed ordinary folk in modest surroundings… but Dad has a steady job as an honest judge, and mom has hired help to cook and clean up!Ĭhristmas in July looks even less expensive than The Great McGinty, perhaps for Sturges to point out to Paramount that the moneymaking value in the show was HIS talent. The romantic characters live in city tenements and have little privacy. He struck cinematic gold by building his comedy - a full-on farce - from the mundane reality of the times. ![]() Preston Sturges’ second hit for Paramount turned away from The Great McGinty’s cynical hilarity about political corruption, to center on the down-home problems of ordinary people. Written by Preston Sturges from his play A Cup of Coffee Starring: Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn, Alexander Carr, William Demarest, Ernest Truex, Franklin Pangborn. Street Date Novem/ available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 In his second film Sturges confirmed himself as Hollywood’s newest comedy genius writer-director - although William Demarest’s perpetually flustered character is so well written and played, we’d think that the actor was simply living the part.ġ940 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 67 min. Ellen Drew is the most deserving fiancé ever to pine for a wedding ring, and Dick Powell an oh-so-earnest Dagwood Bumstead type who banks his future on a goofball coffee slogan contest - just try and figure out the meaning of his winning slogan. At least the title SOUNDS Christmas-themed! Preston Sturges’ sweet trifle is as simple as a sit-com mix-up, but the charm is in the lovable characters (the core of Sturges’ formidable stock company) and the sincerity of all concerned. ![]()
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