Preston Sturges - The Filmmaker Collection (1940)

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Preston Sturges - The Filmmaker Collection (Sullivan's Travels/The Lady Eve/The Palm Beach Story/Hail the Conquering Hero/The Great McGinty/Christmas in July/The Great Moment)
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Cast	Preston Sturges and June Preston
Theatrical Release	October 18, 1940
DVD Release	November 21, 2006
MPAA Rating	Unrated
UPC Code	025193112620
Buy this item	$46.99 at Amazon.com As of Nov 29 3:50 EST (details) 7 DVD, Universal, Usually ships in 24 hours, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC Languages: English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Russian (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)

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(30 reviews)

Preston Sturgis

I have only recently been turned onto Preston Sturgis & his movies & think that this collection is OUTSTANDING. November 9, 2008

Sturges Collection Is Great Return to Last Century

One of the rappiest recommendations after my initial Sturges single film. Is an excellent collection of societal commentary as well as great humor, writing, and directing. October 11, 2008

Preston Sturges - The Filmmaker Collection

Bought because of REASONABLE PRICE on Lady Eve... Familiar with Sullivan's Travels and The Palm Beach Story... Put in The great McGinty, could not stop watching... Truly a great addition to any 30s and 40s FILM NUT collection... Quality very good, considering this is not restored versions... September 18, 2008

Great films, very poor quality transfer

This is a great collection of films by a comedy genius.

Sadly the transfer done by Universal is muddy, without contrast and grainy. In fact, it was so bad, (and far worse than any of the other 40's films in my collection), that I had to ask myself if this was a pirated print!

By comparing this collection to original videotapes of the same films as well as off-air tapings from the Studio Universal channel, one can see that this collection simply did not receive the quality transfer treatment that was truly merited.

What a shame. Preston Sturges deserved better. April 16, 2008

Be sure you're a fan

Before laying out the big price for this superbly reproduced collection, you must be sure you're a Preston Sturges fan. See the first 20 minutes of Sullivan's Travels or the first half hour of Hail The Conquering Hero. Did you think that was funny? If so, you're a fan. Now I love the screwball comedies of the 1930s, and I like Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, and the Three Stooges. Most black comedy appeals to me. I have, in short, a large sense of humor. But I cannot, for the life of me, fathom the alleged humor in Sturges. A script with a million words, constant and frantic action, and the crudest forms of slapstick leave me cold. Check out the fire scene early in Hail The Conquering Hero. Did you roar with laughter as people aimed firehoses at each other. Then you're a Sturges fan. Not I. March 1, 2008

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