Sullivan's Travels was written and directed by Preston Sturges in 1941. The movie stared Joel McCrea as the title character, and the lovely Veronica Lake as The Girl. As the story unfolds, we see that Sullivan is a big time Hollywood movie director that wants to make a movie about living the life of a hobo, to which his producers tell him he knows nothing about being a hobo. He tells them that he will go out and live that way and then come back a report on it. They agree and then he's on his way. But much to his surprise, they follow him for the first leg of his travels. It doesn't work and Sullivan finds a ride from a young boy to prove a point. I thought it was rather funny to see the "Land yacht" going through the field and wreaking havoc in the passengers inside (including the cook going through the roof for a moment). He explains to his producers that he'll give them Hell if they follow him more and they agree to not follow him further. He's made his point and we see him attempting to make his own way. He finds Veronica Lake's character in a diner where she buys him ham and eggs and he gives her a ride home. She pleads with him to take her with him on his search for trouble. They continue their travels and get into many different catastrophes that are easily solved.
The movie is a great fish out of water story. Sullivan tries to go somewhere he knows nothing about in the beginning and finds out more about human nature than he would have imagined. I noticed that when there were large crowds the dialogue was replaced with montages. It was and still is a good way of transitioning many scenes together at a time. Like when "Sully" and the Girl are in the soup kitchen. It takes up a few moments of time in the movie but it is shown to have been days in the film. I urge anyone who enjoys films to see this movie more than once. For more info, check IMDb.com.
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