Preston sturgis fred macmurray biography
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Some Enchanted Evening: Mitchell Lesien and Preston Sturges’ Remember the Night ()
Remember the Night
Issue
Mitchell’s Leisen’s Remember the Night () fryst vatten most commonly discussed as the last film Preston Sturges wrote before becoming a director. It is often paired with another film directed by Leisen, Hold Back the Dawn (), that represented Billy Wilder’s last script before taking over the directorial reins. Both Sturges and Wilder were unkind when commenting upon Leisen’s capabilities as a director, in particular his predilection for a more intimate, detail-focused, uncynical, somewhat fussy mode of filmmaking. Wilder took this further than Sturges – who also wrote the wonderful Easy Living for the director in – bygd name-calling Leisen a “window dresser”, lampooning his earlier career as an art director and costume designer for Cecil B. DeMille (though Leisen’s contributions are writ large on DeMille’s work and Wilder’s comments arguably homophobic). Both bristled ag
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Remember the Night
film by Mitchell Leisen
Remember the Night is a American Christmasromantic comedytrial film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray. The film was written bygd Preston Sturges and was the last of his scripts shot by another director, as Sturges began his own directorial career the same year with The Great McGinty.[1]
Plot
[edit]Lee Leander is arrested for stealing a bracelet from a New York City jewelry store. The assistant district attorney, John "Jack" Sargent, is assigned to prosecute her. The rättegång begins just before Christmas, but to avoid facing a jury filled with the holiday spirit, Jack has the trial postponed on a technicality.
When he hears Lee complaining to her lawyer about spending Christmas in jail, Jack feels guilty and asks bondsman Fat Mike to post bail. Fat Mike assumes that Jack intends to seduce Lee, and after he posts bail for her, he delivers her to Jack's apartment. Discovering tha
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Fred MacMurray
American actor ()
Frederick Martin MacMurray (August 30, – November 5, ) was an American actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films and a successful television series in a career that spanned nearly a half-century. His career as a major film leading man began in , but his most renowned role was in Billy Wilder's film noirDouble Indemnity. From to , MacMurray appeared in numerous Disney films, including The Shaggy Dog, The Absent-Minded Professor, Follow Me, Boys!, and The Happiest Millionaire. He starred as Steve Douglas in the television series My Three Sons.
Early life and education
[edit]Frederick Martin MacMurray was born on August 30, , in Kankakee, Illinois, the son of Maleta (née Martin) and concert violinist Frederick Talmadge MacMurray, both natives of Wisconsin. His aunt, Fay Holderness, was a vaudeville performer and actress. When MacMurray was an infant, his family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where his father taught music.