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Article: Madcap: the Life of Preston Sturges.(Book Review)
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- February 1, 1991
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Madcap: The Life of Preston Sturges. By Donald Spoto. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. $19.95. (h.b.)
This book is aptly titled. Preston Sturges' unique brand of madcap farce-comedy has left an indelible impression upon the American screen. Described as "the first true auteur," his work paved the way for the careers of many later writer/ directors.
The Chicago-born Sturges spent much of his youth abroad with his flamboyant mother, who provided the model for the brash, beautiful con artist played by Barbara Stanwyck in his film The Lady Eve. His mother was also a close friend of Isadora Duncan (and gave Isadora the long scarf that caught in her car ...