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The Palm Beach Story

1942, Movie, NR, 90 mins

PALM BEACH STORY, THE
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Preston Sturges at full tilt, and one of the funniest comedies to come out of Hollywood. Joel McCrea is a crazy young architect who has dreams of building a magnificent airport. Claudette Colbert is his adoring wife who, in search of investment money for her beloved's dreams, runs away to Palm Beach and meets Rudy Vallee, an incredibly normal zillionaire who of course falls in love with her. Read the complete review for The Palm Beach Story
"To finance her husband's career, a woman courts an eccentric millionaire in Preston Sturges' hilarious farce The Palm Beach Story (1942)."
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Posted: 8/1/2008
A happily married woman plans to divorce her inventor husband and marry a millionaire in order to finance his work. Very funny and original script!
Free | Video Detective
Length: 02:04
Posted: 3/16/2008
The captivating Claudette Colbert stars as the frustrated wife of struggling engineer Joel McCrea. In a seemingly amicable agreement, Colbert hops a train to Palm Beach where divorces come easy. Desperate to escape a group of obnoxious millionaires on the train to Florida, Colbert hides out in a sleeping car where she meets, unbeknownst to her, one of the world's richest men (Rudy Vallee) who is relentless in his attempt to romance her. Upon their arrival in Palm Beach, Colbert is met by her husband who has come to claim her back only to find that Vallee's man-crazy sister (Mary Astor) is after him! The foursome's story unfolds through intensely humorous dialogue, flirtatious situations and a splendid soundtrack.
Paid | iTunes
Length: 01:27:59
Posted: 10/23/2008
An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea. His wife, who loves him, decides to raise it for him by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
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Length: 01:29:00
Posted: 4/14/2008
Year: 1942
Rated NR

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Cast
Claudette Colbert: Gerry Jeffers
Joel McCrea: Tom Jeffers
Mary Astor: Princess Centimillia
Rudy Vallee: J.D. Hackensacker III
Sig Arno: Toto
Robert Warwick: Mr. Hinch

 

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