This 35mm screening, which is also being shown on January 6th and 24th, is part of the Big Screen Classics season at BFI Southbank. Full details here.
Chicago Reader review:
'Preston Sturges's remarkable autobiographical fantasy (1941) about a famous comedy director (Joel McCrea) who, after years of turning out things like Ants in Your Pants of 1940, yearns to create a great social statement. The lesson he learns—on a research trip through America's seamy underside—is that the downtrodden masses need Mickey Mouse more than Marx. A dubious proposition, but in Sturges's hands a charming one, filled out by his unparalleled sense of eccentric character.'
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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