Sullivan’s Travels. Preston Sturges. 1941.
After a string of low-budget movies today, here’s an A feature. By Preston Sturges! This is his third movie in this blog series! I didn’t plan this! It starts off with people fighting on the top of a speeding train! That’s the best way to start a film!
It’s a movie about making movies, and they condescendingly refer to Hopalong Cassidy movies (which was, like, the previous entry in this blog series).
This is absolutely hilarious. I was literally rolling around on the floor laughing.
(By literally I mean figuratively, of course.)
It’s brilliant. The mix of cynicism and sentimentality is perfect. It’s definitely not a Frank Capra film. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)
Wonderful performances and razor-sharp dialogue.
Popular movies in December 1941 according to IMDB:
| Poster | Votes | Rating | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
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18951 | 8.1 | Sullivan’s Travels |
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8371 | 7.8 | Ball of Fire |
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1982 | 7.5 | Hellzapoppin’ |
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17341 | 7.4 | The Wolf Man |
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364 | 7.2 | Remember the Day |
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872 | 7.1 | Mr. Bug Goes to Town |
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1850 | 7.1 | Johnny Eager |
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2307 | 7.0 | Tarzan’s Secret Treasure |
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788 | 7.0 | H.M. Pulham, Esq. |
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393 | 6.9 | Bedtime Story |
This blog post is part of the Decade series.