Author Spotlight

James Harvey

James Harvey is a playwright, essayist and critic. He is the author of Movie Love in the Fifties and Romantic Comedy in Hollywood, from Lubitsch to Sturges. His work has appeared in the New York Review of Books and the Threepenny Review. He lives in Brooklyn.

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The Lady Eve

Preston Sturges’s beloved comedy provides insights into the way Hollywood formulas work on us.

By James Harvey

Essays— Oct 16, 2001