Sturges, Preston, Jr.
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Sturges, Preston, Jr.
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Sturges, Preston 1953-
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Sturges, P. G. 1953- (Preston G.),
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Born Aug. 29, 1898 in Chicago as Edmond Preston Biden; inventor of kissproof lipstick for mother's cosmetic company; wrote hit Broadway play, Strictly dishonorable, 1929; moved to Hollywood, 1933; worked as screenwriter, and beginning in 1940 as a writer-director of satiric comedies; Academy Award for screenplay The great McGinty, 1940; left Paramount Pictures in 1944, and had a short business association with Howard Hughes, founding California Pictures in mid-1940s; lived in Europe for a period of time during the 1950s, writing and directing his last film in France in 1955; died in New York of heart attack on Aug. 6, 1959.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/102701474
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2006096787
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/no2006096787
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