A Hollywood variation on
Gulliver's Travels and just as successful as satire. This brilliant, often devastating look at Hollywood and the real world behind its tinsel is arguably Preston Sturges's greatest film. McCrea, in one of his best roles, plays a successful Hollywood film director
who has made nothing but lightweight films with titles like "So Long, Sarong." When he is suddenly struck with the desire to make a searing drama about human suffering, his studio bosses (Warwick and Hall) laugh and tell him that the proposal is ridiculous, since McCrea has no personal experience
of such difficulty. Accordingly, McCrea sets out to suffer. He will don hobo cl...
Released:
1941
Rated:
NR
Length:
91 mins