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There's a nice piece on the Criterion website about the actors Preston Sturges liked to work with:
www.criterionco.com/asp/in_f...essay.asp
www.criterionco.com/asp/in_f...essay.asp
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Re: Preston Sturges' Stock Company
Thu, May 26, 2005 - 11:34 PMThat is indeed a nice link. Capra is the other director I can think of who had a "stable". I'm not informed enough about Welles, but basically he used Mercury Theater people, right? What other directors drew from a "stable" of actors? -
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Re: Preston Sturges' Stock Company
Fri, May 27, 2005 - 1:17 AMOkay, I'll make it official. I love this new tribe. David, you hit a tape measure home run.
Enough props to David. Now for the Preston props. If there was a hall of fame for character actors, a majority would be from Strurges' stable.
Just the faces, alone, is enough to get a movie bank'd. You needed a star, perhaps. But just this lineup of Sturges players would have most studios writing a check.
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Re: Preston Sturges' Stock Company
Fri, May 27, 2005 - 10:19 AMWhat other directors drew from a "stable" of actors?
-the one director that came to my mind was Kurosawa. In so many of his films you see familiar faces from his other work. So many of the supporting characters in his films were just as memorable & affecting as the leads. -
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Re: Preston Sturges' Stock Company
Fri, May 27, 2005 - 7:35 PMWelles had the Mercury players. John Ford used the same cadre alot.
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Re: Preston Sturges' Stock Company
Sun, March 11, 2007 - 8:02 PMJust got the Frank Capra box and am enjoying "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" again. I love Capra for so many reasons but a major reason his films are so strong is because he cared just as much about who he cast for a one line part as who he cast for the leads. What a incredibly strong bullpen for this film! Can anyone think of any modern directors who build as strong a cast as Capra, Sturges and others? -
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Re: Preston Sturges' Stock Company
Wed, March 14, 2007 - 11:22 PMP.T. Anderson and Wes Anderson, though both have been absent lately and I hope their respective projects with wrap up and be released sooner than later.
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