c. gobin

random musings on life, literature, film, and the matchless love of God

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • About
  • Life
  • Film
  • Literature
  • Education
  • Matchless Love

Tag Archives: Sturges

“Go Down, Moses” from Sullivan’s Travels

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Chuck Gobin
Reply

This is the pivotal scene in the film, where Sullivan learns the importance of comedy in the midst of difficulty.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Email
  • LinkedIn

Like this:

Like Loading...
Posted in Film | Tagged comedy, satire, Sturges | Leave a reply

Sullivan’s Travels, by Preston Sturges

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Chuck Gobin
Reply

This is the opening dialogue scene from Sullivan’s Travels, written and directed by Preston Sturges (1942).  Joel McCrea plays a famous director of comedies who longs to make a serious, “socially responsible” film.  In this scene he pitches his idea to his studio bosses.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Email
  • LinkedIn

Like this:

Like Loading...
Posted in Film | Tagged comedy, satire, Sturges | Leave a reply

Recent Posts

  • Frank Capra Goes to Washington
  • A really, really Popular idea for the Presidency
  • Another Exit for England and Wales?
  • (no title)
  • Good Friday Reflections
  • Myers-Briggs Revisited
  • Asteroids, Dinosaurs, and Jesus
  • Jackass Olympics
  • Josh’s Morning Routine
  • Dog Day Deliberations

Tags

  • all about eve
  • Amy
  • Asbury
  • ballet
  • ben jonson
  • Bette Davis
  • books
  • Bordwell
  • Breathless
  • camp
  • cleaning
  • College
  • comedy
  • dogs
  • Education
  • Family
  • Film
  • film art
  • film history
  • Florida
  • French New Wave
  • Gethsemani
  • glasses
  • Godard
  • Guillermo del Toro
  • Haiti
  • Hiaasen
  • Hollywood
  • home
  • invention of lying
  • Jacques Steinberg
  • Joe
  • John Ford
  • Josh
  • Kentucky
  • kids
  • Lauryn
  • liberal arts
  • life
  • literature
  • Lori Gottlieb
  • Mabel Normand
  • Marilyn Monroe
  • Martin Scorsese
  • Mike Mills
  • MLK
  • movies
  • New Zealand
  • novel
  • NY Times
  • parenting
  • Peter Jackson
  • photos
  • playwrights
  • reading
  • recovery
  • retreat
  • Ricky Gervais
  • satire
  • school
  • Scouts
  • spiritual
  • Sturges
  • summer
  • teaching online
  • theater
  • the Hobbit
  • The Mat
  • Thompson
  • Tina Fey
  • Troll 2
  • vacation
  • Weiner
  • worst movie
  • writing

Archives

Flickr Photos

2013-06-28 18.00.32Ninja JoshLauryn and Dad napping
More Photos

Twitter Updates

Error: Twitter did not respond. Please wait a few minutes and refresh this page.

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
%d bloggers like this: