Sullivan's Travels

Sullivan's Travels (1942) starring Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake. Directed by Preston Sturges. Tired of making comedies, big-time motion-picture director John Sullivan (McCrea) decides to go slumming so that he will know what life is like for the poor and dispossessed. His plan is to find trouble, and along the way he meets an out-of-work actress (Lake), who briefly becomes his traveling companion. Thinking he has accomplished his purpose, Sullivan goes out one night handing out money to his "fellow hobos." He ends up finding more trouble than he ever imagined. This movie has a point to make, and it makes it rather well. Subtitles for the hearing-impaired are included on the disc, but not closed captions. Grade: B