Cinematheque: The Good Fairy (1935)

Preston Sturges - Screenwriter series. While fending off the aggressive advances of a wealthy bachelor, movie theater usherette Luisa finds a way to use the rich man’s money to help others, specifically, a poor lawyer. Working for the first and only time with director Wyler, screenwriter Preston Sturges adapted a Molnar play set in Budapest and the resulting film plays like the best movie Ernst Lubitsch never made! With Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall; 35mm print, 97 min.