Monthly Archives: October 1997

Miracle On 44th Street: A Portrait of the Actor's Studio

About the Actor’s Studio

For the past fifty years, the Old Labor Stage on 44th street in New York City has been home to some of the most inventive acting, directing, and playwrighting in the country. Its members have included such greats as Marlon Brando, Robert de Niro, Norman ...

Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

About Preston Sturges

Considered the father of the screwball comedy, Preston Sturges was recognized as one of the great early writers in Hollywood. Sturges was born in 1898 in Chicago, Illinois. His mother, Mary Desti, was an Irish immigrant with dreams of stardom. When Preston was still an ...