Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Comedy Romance Adventure Directed by Preston Sturges
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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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  1. It Happened One Night (1934)
    "Preston Sturges named his protagonist John L. Sullivan, a successful director of screwball comedies wrestling with whether to make a serious social-realist picture — a deliberate reflection of Capra's own arc from It Happened One Night to his later issue-driven films. Sturges' balance of comedy and Depression-era social awareness inherits directly from Capra's template." source

Sullivan's Travels (1941), directed by Preston Sturges, was inspired by 1 earlier film — including It Happened One Night. Check out the citations below.