Sullivan's Travels - A 1941 Film Directed and Scripted by Preston Sturges- Starring Veronica Lake and Joel McCrea

 

Sullivan's Travels - A 1941 Film Directed and Scripted by Preston Sturges- Starring Veronica Lake and Joel McCrea - Run Time One Hour and Thirty Minutes

Preston Sturges 

August 29, 1898 Chicago

 August 6, 1959 New York City

The Documentary Below details the amazing life and career of Preston Sturges 

Sullivan's Travels is considered among the top five of Preston Sturges films. 

 My post today is in Memorium of his passing away Sixty three years ago.

Sullivan's Travels satire on the film industry, it follows a famous Hollywood comedy director (Joel McCrea) who, longing to make a socially relevant drama, sets out to live as a tramp to gain life experience for his forthcoming film. Along the way he unites with a poor aspiring actress (Veronica Lake) who accompanies him. The title is a reference to Gulliver's Travels, the 1726 novel by satirist Jonathan Swift about another journey of self-discovery.

The plot is just so much fun I will leave it pretty much Untold.

I will just make a few observations on why I like it. The cast of people surrounding Sullivan are hilarious. The reporte and chemistry between the super rich director is perfect. This was my first encounter with Veronica Lake, she is in other of the movies of Preston Sturges, and I loved her. When she asked Sullivan to introduce her to Ernest Lubitsch I laughed out loud.

The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay and Best Writing (Original Screenplay).

Sullivan's Travels is on YouTube 

I will soon post on I Married A Witch starring Veronica Lake and plan to post on The Palm Beach Story from Preston Sturges on August 29.

Mel Ulm