12: Chekhov's ID Card
from Lions, Towers & Shields Hosted by The Incomparable
Preston Sturgess was in top form in 1941 for this comedy starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake - in one of her first films. McCrea is a movie director, looking for a way to make a “socially relevant” film, instead of the comedies he’s been making. McCrea travels as a hobo, trying to “know trouble” in a way he can’t while living his life as a Hollywood director. Like Orson Welles, Sturges used a stock company of character actors, and many of them are along for the ride. Host Shelly Brisbin with Erika Ensign, Dr. Drang, and David J. Loehr.
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