The Palm Beach Story
Love is fickle! Love is is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!
1942 | 88m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Preston Sturges |
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| Writer: | Preston Sturges |
| Staring: |
| A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 28, 1942 |
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| Director: | Preston Sturges |
| Writer: | Preston Sturges |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | airport, love, divorce, comedy of remarriage, florida, marriage, train, palm beach, yacht, money, screwball comedy |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Claudette Colbert | Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers |
| Joel McCrea | Tom Jeffers |
| Mary Astor | The Princess Centimillia |
| Rudy Vallee | John D. Hackensacker III |
| Sig Arno | Toto |
| Robert Warwick | Mr. Hinch |
| Arthur Stuart Hull | Mr. Osmond |
| Torben Meyer | Dr. Kluck |
| Jimmy Conlin | Mr. Asweld |
| Victor Potel | Mr. McKeewie |
| William Demarest | First Member Ale and Quail Club |
| Jack Norton | Second Member Ale and Quail Club |
| Robert Greig | Third Member Ale and Quail Club |
| Roscoe Ates | Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club |
| Dewey Robinson | Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club |
| Chester Conklin | Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club |
| Sheldon Jett | Seventh Member Ale and Quail Club |
| Robert Dudley | Wienie King |
| Franklin Pangborn | Manager |
| Arthur Hoyt | Pullman Conductor |
| Al Bridge | Conductor |
| Fred 'Snowflake' Toones | Colored Bartender |
| Charles R. Moore | Colored Porter |
| Frank Moran | Brakeman |
| Harry Rosenthal | Orchestra Leader |
| Esther Howard | Wife of Wienie King |
| Frank Faylen | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| J. Farrell MacDonald | Officer O'Donnell (uncredited) |
| Edward McNamara | Officer in Penn Station (uncredited) |
| Bert Moorhouse | Diner on Train (uncredited) |
| Marcelle Corday | Elderly Maid (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Gerry's Maid of Honor/Nightclub Extra (uncredited) |
| Max Wagner | Tom's Best Man (uncredited) |
| Byron Foulger | Jewelry Salesman (uncredited) |
| Joe Gilbert | Store Employee (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Victor Milner | Director of Photography |
| Stuart Gilmore | Editor |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Ernst Fegté | Art Direction |
| Preston Sturges | Screenplay, Director |
| Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Irene | Costume Design |
| Harry Lindgren | Sound Recordist |
| Walter Oberst | Sound Recordist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Paul Jones | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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A woman leaves her inventor husband, believing that it would be better for him if she were gone. She heads to Palm Beach to get a divorce, and meets kind billionaire John D. Hackensacker the III during crazy train ride there. The energy is bursting in every scene thanks to film's great, seasoned c ... ast. Watch for early scenes with the endearing, little old "Wienie King". The film is a wonderful, joyfully hilarious romp. Would I recommend? Yes. The quintessential screwball comedy.
Jun 23, 2021