The Good Fairy (1935)

Preston Sturges is the exact opposite of Ayn Rand.

Sean Gilman

Herb Marshall absolutely losing it over being able to afford a pencil sharpener with a handle! And Margaret Sullavan crying into her genuine foxine! The Good Fairy brightened my day and half-cured my anxiety. Maybe I’ll have some analysis on Wyler & Sturges in the future,…

✨🥀 e m m é

Preston Sturges liked Lubitsch so much he reportedly try to dedicate his first movie to him, so I can only assume he had a blast adapting the kind of Eastern European play that was his specialty and turn it into a much more American farce particularly in the back half. The…

Filipe Furtado

just adored every second!!! only preston sturges could get so much comedic mileage out of a pencil sharpener!!!! experience was definitely heightened by being able to see a 35mm print at 1pm on a tuesday with mostly elderly people who laughed in all the right places and…

nora

I'm not sure this is frenetic enough to qualify as a screwball comedy, but at the very least it's pointed in that direction. As with most such movies, it's hard to summarize the plot, but it centers on Margaret Sullavan's character (the incredibly named Luisa Ginglebuscher)…

atmartin

The second of Leonard Martin’s Uncovered film discoveries at the New Beverly was easily my favorite of the night, a Preston Sturges script directed by William Wyler was pure joy from start to finish with the kind of ending that made Hollywood synonymous with “Happily Ever…

Joe Lynch

How this movie flew into my life and swept me off my feet. Nothing supernatural here, just a lot of magic — like picking a random name out of a phone book and happening to land on Herbert Marshall, who really becomes Herbert Marshall after a beard shave. And Margaret…

KYK

Trenchant screwball comedy rips into predatory male behaviour and the idea that no good deed goes unpunished. On show are a group of expert talents operating at the top of their game. Preston Sturges’s script combines droll, smart, stylised dialogue — including a hilarious…

Silversaxophone

“Never let it be said that a Sporum ever refused the request of a Ginglebusher.” - Dr. Sporum A charming and very funny early screwball comedy with a great cast working off a witty script written by Preston Sturges. Margaret Sullavan is great, but it Herbert Marshall,…

Gregor Kreyca