Preston Sturges

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

Dir. Preston Sturges · With Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick

It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.

Dir. Preston Sturges · With Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn

Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

Dir. Mitchell Leisen · With Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi

Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his young wife, Daphne, during his absence. August has hired a private detective to keep tabs on her. But when the private eye's report suggests Daphne might have been canoodling with his secretary, Sir Alfred begins to imagine how he might take his revenge.

Dir. Preston Sturges · With Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

Dir. Preston Sturges · With Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor

A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.

Dir. Preston Sturges · With Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn

A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.

Dir. Howard Hawks · With John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly