The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

Preston Sturges comic dialogue

Preston Sturges had a very brief career as a writer-director, the funniest man in Hollywood, more or less the decade 1939-1948. He was a strange man who could not help appearing very arrogant—it is the hardest thing to be comical without seeming contemptuous, especially when it’s a job & professional pride adds to the danger—& it is the most damning thi…