Pretty Amazing

Watched Miracle at Morgan's Creek yesterday. What a delight. Goes to show good writing, good acting, and a two shot can go a long way. Think on this:

Production on these films did not always go smoothly. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek was literally being written by Sturges at night even as the production was being filmed in the daytime, and Sturges the screenwriter was rarely more than 10 pages ahead of the cast and crew. Despite box office success for The Lady Eve and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, conflict with Paramount's studio bosses increased.

One of the great comedies written as it was being filmed. Granted, this was Sturges in his prime, after years of perfecting his craft, but still...the idea of the screenwriter laboring painfully for years over a script should feel a sharp smack in the gut by this revelation.