This is the pivotal scene in the film, where Sullivan learns the importance of comedy in the midst of difficulty.
Sullivan’s Travels, by Preston Sturges
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.
