_Sullivan's Travels_' opening credits features the opening and flipping pages of a book technique, which it seems to me was fairly common. I can't say about _The Palm Beach Story_, since at the moment, I've only seen the trailer. Ratoff definitely surprised me with _Intermezzo_, since I don't think I had heard of him prior to when I saw it, yet I found the film overall, story aside, to be fresh and inventive. Scott ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:20:35 -0600 >Dear Prof Hutchins: > >I wonder, does Preston Sturges also use this same technique in Palm Beach Story >(1941) and/or Sullivan's Travels (1942)? I have vague recollections that he >probably does, but memory sometimes plays tricks. > >As to Gregory Ratoff (dir. of Intermezzo), I don't think of him as an innovator, >so Intermezzo must be quite an exception for Ratoff. > >PS. Morgan's Creek is NOT my favorite Sturges, not by a long shot. I rate Palm >Beach Story and especially Sullivan's Travels as much better Sturges films. > >Sincerely, >Steven P Hill (U of IL). >_ __ _ __ __ __ __ _ __ __ > >Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:02:04 -0600 >From: SCREEN-L automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> Add To Address Book >Subject: SCREEN-L Digest - 15 Feb 2005 to 16 Feb 2005 (#2005-34) >To: [log in to unmask] > > >There is 1 message totalling 26 lines in this issue. > >Topics of the day: > > 1. titles on live-action footage > >---- >Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the >University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:35:01 -0500 >From: Scott Hutchins <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: titles on live-action footage > >Recently I viewed The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1941) and Intermezzo (1939), and >was surprised to see the titles unfold over live action. I don't recall seeing >too many films from 1930-1950 that did this, and admittedly it's rather different >from contmeporary uses of the technique. How common was it during the Hollywood >studio period? > >Scott > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at cix.csi.cuny.edu ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu