Sturges

American  

[stur-jis] / ˈstɜr dʒɪs /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

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

On a whim straight out of Preston Sturges’s 1941 classic “Sullivan’s Travels,” Jay decides to follow her, uninvited, on the pretext of accepting an award at an Italian film festival.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shot for shot, line for line, it’s the modern era’s zippiest comedy about the collapse of the American dream, with a sting that would have had its forefathers Frank Capra and Preston Sturges cheering: How the dickens did Robert Zemeckis get away with that?

From Los Angeles Times

Her anger is shared by Chloe's mother, Elaine Sturges, who was once married to Martin but split up with him many years ago.

From BBC