Mitchell’s Leisen’s Remember the Night (1940) is most commonly discussed as the last film Preston Sturges wrote before becoming a director. It is often paired with another film directed by Leisen, Hold Back the Dawn (1941), that represented Billy Wilder’s last script before taking over the directorial reins. Both Sturges and Wilder were unkind when … Continue reading Some Enchanted Evening: Mitchell Lesien and Preston Sturges’ Remember the Night (1940)