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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Preston Sturges and produced by Preston Sturges.

SYNOPSIS

A Sturges Western! Grable plays Freddie, a tough girl with an open mind about turning a dollar, who goes gunning for her straying boyfriend, and shoots a judge by mistake. She hides out by pretending to be a demure schoolteacher and gets involved with a mining magnate. A town dispute causes gunplay that brings Freddie to the law's attention again, inciting a shoot-out in court and another puncture to the sitting judge. Keeps getting better.

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Classic Films in Focus: THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND (1949)

By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 5, 2014 From Virtual Virago

If you know much about writer and director Preston Sturges, you might well go into The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) expecting too much. Sturges, after all, was the brilliant creative force behind smartly daring comedies like The Lady Eve (1941), Sullivan’s Travels (1941), and The ... Read full article


Classic Films in Focus: THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND (1949)

By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 5, 2014 From Virtual Virago

If you know much about writer and director Preston Sturges, you might well go into The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) expecting too much. Sturges, after all, was the brilliant creative force behind smartly daring comedies like The Lady Eve (1941), Sullivan’s Travels (1941), and The ... Read full article


Classic Films in Focus: THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND (1949)

By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 5, 2014 From Virtual Virago

If you know much about writer and director Preston Sturges, you might well go into The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) expecting too much. Sturges, after all, was the brilliant creative force behind smartly daring comedies like The Lady Eve (1941), Sullivan’s Travels (1941), and The ... Read full article


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