Sullivan's Travels

1941

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance

21
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 41 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 89% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.9/10 10 28392 28.4K

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Plot summary

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.


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Ray Milland as Near-collision man on studio street
Veronica Lake as The Girl
Preston Sturges as Studio Director
William Demarest as Mr. Jones
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Xstal 8 / 10

Sullivan's Travails...

As original a piece from the 1940s as you'll likely come across and one where it could quite easily have found itself as knotted and gnarled as some of the boots seen pounding the highways and byways of its cast. Fortunately those pretentious rips fail to appear and it's the arrival of Veronica Lake that turns the ramble to a journey and an illustration as relevant today about the lack of opportunity we continually chose to turn a blind eye to. An interesting twist towards the end provides something to chew on and supports a finale that may well give you a little to smile about, maybe even a chuckle.

Reviewed by claudio_carvalho 8 / 10

The Importance of Comedy

In Hollywood, the spoiled director of humdrum movies, John Lloyd Sullivan (Joel McCrea), was born in silver spoon but is very successful with his superficial comedies. Out of the blue, he tells to his producer Mr. LeBrand (Robert Warwick) that he wants to make serious dramas, like "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and he will live like a tramp on the streets to learn the sorrows of great part of the population. He wears cheap clothes and tries to blend with poor people but he always returns to Hollywood protected by the safety team hired by the studio.

One day, he goes to a dinner with a coin and a blonde girl (Veronica Lake) offers bacon and eggs to him. Soon he learns that the girl is a failed actress that had never a chance in Hollywood and is returning home hitchhiking without any money. Sullivan decides to retribute her kindness giving a ride to her in his car but they are arrested by the police. When they are released, the girl decides to join Sullivan in his quest to learn about poverty. When Sullivan is satisfied, he is robbed and dumped unconscious in a train. He awakes in the countryside where there is an incident and he is arrested and sentenced to a labor camp, where he leans the importance of comedy in the miserable lives of destitute people.

"Sullivan's Travels" is a delightful movie by Preston Sturges with a satire of Hollywood lifestyle and the importance of comedy in the life of people, a relief for a couple of minutes for those that do not have other sort of entertainment. Joel McCrea is very funny in the role of a naive director trying to find how the poor people live. His chemistry with the gorgeous Veronika Lake is perfect and this was the first time that I noted that this lovely actress was only 1.51 m height. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Contrastes Humanos" ("Human Contrasts")

Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 10 / 10

Art versus entertainment

Love film of all genres and all decades, have held so many pre-1970s films in high regard while loving an equal number of films 1970s onwards too. Every film and television series/programme seen is watched and reviewed with no bias for or against the genre, director or any of the actors ever intended (hope it hasn't come across that way, as people usually good can be bad and those not usually highly thought of by me can occasionally be tolerable).

When Preston Sturges was in his prime (1940-1944, with 'The Great McGinty', 'Christmas in July', 'The Lady Eve', 'Sullivan's Treavels', 'The Palm Beach Story', 'The Miracle of Morgan's Creek' and 'Hail the Conquering Hero') it made for one of the best golden years/prime periods for any director in my view, where five or more very good to masterpieces in a row were made close to each other. Of those seven films mentioned, the top two for me are 'The Lady Eve' and especially 'Sullivan's Travels'. 'Sullivan's Travels' being one of the finest examples of balancing and winningly combining satire with human drama, for me it is one of the funniest and cleverest films there is while also being one of the most warm-hearted and most intelligent.

As with his previous films, Sturges' direction is impeccable. It is always accomplished and with a light sophisticated touch that never veers too heavily, which allows the script and actors to shine and get the best out of them. The best he gets out of the actors he does. Joel McCrea was never better than here and the incadescent Veronica Lake's star-making performance is more than up to his level, making for a sparkling well matched pairing. William Demarest is the best in support and did find myself engaging with the characters.

Especially good about 'Sullivan's Travels' is the script. Not many other films have satire this sharp and funny and then that is balanced seamlessly with truly insightful moments that really provoke thought and ones that are very human and poignant. 'Sullivan's Travels' is one film that epitomises a film that entertains while being big in brains and being even bigger in heart, have not seen many of those recently to be honest with you. Not many films made me feel about not taking things for granted and such in the way this film did and the message is well-intended, universal, relevant and makes its point without hammering home. The story goes at a vigorous, but never rushed, pace and both entertains and endears. Parts are intentionally corny, but in an affectionate way and never feeling contrived.

'Sullivan's Travels' is always beautifully filmed and feel the same way about how it complements and loves Lake here than with Barbara Stanwyck in 'The Lady Eve', both actresses in their respective films looked beautiful in their films and the camera clearly loved them.

In conclusion, fantastic film. Films with this blend of genres don't get much better. 10/10 Bethany Cox

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