I& #39;ve always loved the set photographs from Preston Sturges& #39;s films, so here& #39;s a thread
Talmadge Morrison (1892-1974) took photos for Christmas in July, 1940, & Sullivan& #39;s Travels, 1941
He benefits from John Seitz& #39;s cinematography, & the art direction of Hans Dreier & Earl Hedrick
Talmadge Morrison (1892-1974) took photos for Christmas in July, 1940, & Sullivan& #39;s Travels, 1941
He benefits from John Seitz& #39;s cinematography, & the art direction of Hans Dreier & Earl Hedrick
Joel McCrae & Veronica Lake look just as good in the "owl wagon" as they do by the pool.
Photos by Talmadge Morrison from the set of Preston Sturges& #39;s Sullivan& #39;s Travels, 1941
Photos by Talmadge Morrison from the set of Preston Sturges& #39;s Sullivan& #39;s Travels, 1941
Talmadge Morrison& #39;s shot of the legendary makeup artist Wally Westmore, with the gorgeous Veronica Lake, on the set of Sullivan& #39;s Travels.
A Talmadge Morrison shot becomes a great poster for Sullivan& #39;s Travels. That& #39;s Victor Potel as the cameraman; I wonder if Sturges modelled his character after real still photographers.
Potel was in most of Sturges& #39;s films; he has 448 acting credits on IMDb!
@JanetMaslin
Potel was in most of Sturges& #39;s films; he has 448 acting credits on IMDb!
@JanetMaslin
A lovely shot by Talmadge Morrison of Joel McCrae & Veronica Lake, in Preston Sturges& #39;s Sullivan& #39;s Travels, 1941
My favourite Preston Sturges film is The Lady Eve, 1941. The still photographer was G.E. Richardson, who also worked on the set of The Great McGinty, 1940
What a shot by G.E. Richardon from the set of The Lady Eve! Look at the martini glasses in the foreground! Barbara Stanywck, Henry Fonda, & the superb Eugene Pallette.
The still photographer on Hail the Conquering Hero, 1944, was Jack Hoffman. This is his only IMDb credit as a set photographer.
I love his shot of Preston Sturges with his two-year old son Solomon Sturges IV (who became a TV actor).
I love his shot of Preston Sturges with his two-year old son Solomon Sturges IV (who became a TV actor).
Unfortunately, there& #39;s no still photographer listed on IMDb for Palm Beach Story, 1941. I wonder if either Talmadge Morrison or G.E. Richardson might have taken these.
The Preston Sturges films are, of course, so incredibly funny & clever. But they also look so great: Hans Dreier & Ernst Fegté do great things in Art Direction once again. And the costumes! Miss Colbert& #39;s gowns - & what ever this is - are by Irene.
Preston Sturges directs Harold Lloyd & Frances Ramsden in The Sin of Harold Diddlebock. It may not have been top level Sturges, but it gave us one of the great photographs of a director in action, by Bob Landry for Life Magazine, 1945.
Preston Sturges directs his star, Harold Lloyd, in The Sin of Harold Diddlebock. A troubled project, & not one of his best films.
Photo: Bob Landry for Life Magazine, 1945
Photo: Bob Landry for Life Magazine, 1945
Here& #39;s one of the greatest of all movie cast photos, but there& #39;s unfortunately no photographer credit! Betty Hutton & Eddie Bracken, with a big subset of Preston Sturges& #39;s stock company, in The Miracle of Morgan& #39;s Creek, 1943.
Preston Sturges had a very fine still photographer on the set of Unfaithfully Yours, 1948: Ray Nolan, who also worked on All About Eve
Linda Darnell, Kurt Kreuger, Barbara Lawrence & Rudy Vallee
Linda Darnell, Kurt Kreuger, Barbara Lawrence & Rudy Vallee
Ray Nolan& #39;s photograph from the set of Unfaithfully Yours features photographers - it& #39;s always cool to see the cameras - & again we have a great poster.
I& #39;ll tack on some more Ray Nolan photos to the end of this thread. His work on Joseph L. Mankiewicz& #39;s All About Eve, 1950, is outstanding.
Bette Davis, Thelma Ritter, Celeste Holm & Hugh Marlowe
Bette Davis, Thelma Ritter, Celeste Holm & Hugh Marlowe
Another Ray Nolan photo from the All About Eve set. Marilyn Monroe, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill & Gregory Ratoff
A famous photograph of the cast of All About Eve, which I presume is by the still photographer on the set, Ray Nolan. Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe & Gary Merrill. What a superb ensemble!