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Sturges

American  
[stur-jis] / ˈstɜr dʒɪs /

noun

  1. Preston, 1898–1959, U.S. playwright and screenwriter.


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Circling back to the 1960 Sturges movie, near the end of the flick a character remarks that the Magnificent Seven gunslingers were “like the wind, blowing over the land and passing on.”

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

“He doesn’t gamble, he doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke, he doesn’t do drugs, he doesn’t chase women,” Sturges said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

But these two mediums, rather than working in competition, often complement each other to forge a lasting impact, says arts writer Fiona Sturges.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2024

By the early 1970s he was organizing as many as 800 programs there each year, from Preston Sturges retrospectives to programs of Russian silent films, new German cinema and movies from Senegal.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023

Lieutenant Sturges was left sick with typhoid fever at Houstonville, on our way through.

From Our Battery The Journal of Company B, 1st O.V.A. by Cutter, Orlando P.

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