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Preston Sturges



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Vital Stats
Height: 6 feet, 2 inches - in socks
Weight: 190 to 210
Shirt Size: neck -17 ½ x sleeve - 34
Shoe Size: 10 ½
Briefs or Boxers: Boxers

Shampoo: running shower water
Shave: straight razor
After Shave: Sea Breeze
Bathrobes: patterned silk
Pajamas: cotton striped

Alcoholic Beverages (in general):
Whitbred's Ale
Heineken's
Early Times Bourbon, in America
Scotch, in England
Courvoisier, in France

Cigarettes (about 4 packs a day)
Picayune, in America
Variable in England
Gauloise Bleu, in France

Sports
(as a boy)
  • Soccer
  • Bobsledding
  • Rowing

  • (as a man)
  • Sailing
  • Badminton
  • Ping-Pong
  • Pool


  • Wives
    Estelle deWolfe Mudge, married 1923, divorced 1927
    Eleanor Hutton, eloped 1930, annulled 1932
    Louise Sargent Tevis, married 1938, divorced 1947
    Anne Nagle (Sandy), married 1951 - 1959 (when his death did them part)

    Children and Grandchildren
    Solomon Sturges, born 1941, fathered Shannon in 1968
    Preston Sturges, the younger, born 1953, fathered Preston McLain (known to the world as Mac) in 1990 and Kelly in 1992
    Thomas Preston Sturges, born 1956, fathered Thomas in 1991 and Sam in 1997

    Greatgrandchildren
    Jack Kelley, born 2001 to Shannon and Michael Kelley
    Ethan Kelley, born 2003 to Shannon and Michael Kelley

    Boats
    Recapture
    Destiny
    Island Belle
    Minada
    Simple Simon

    Vocations and avocations
    Inventor
    Playwright
    Stage director
    Screenwriter
    Screen director
    Collector
    Songwriter, words and music
    Caricaturist
    Restaurateur
    Raconteur

    Eleven Rules For Box Office Appeal:

    1. A pretty girl is better than an ugly one.
    2. A leg is better than an arm.
    3. A bedroom is better than a living room.
    4. An arrival is better than a departure.
    5. A birth is better than a death.
    6. A chase is better than a chat.
    7. A dog is better than a landscape.
    8. A kitten is better than a dog.
    9. A baby is better than a kitten.
    10. A kiss is better than a baby.
    11. A pratfall is better than anything



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