The Palm Beach Story (1942)

"Love is fickle! Love is is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!"Movie

Audience Score

70

The Palm Beach Story

NR 1 hr 28 minDec 9th, 1942Romance, Comedy

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry (Geraldine), decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

StarringClaudette ColbertJoel McCreaMary Astor

DirectorPreston Sturges

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Cast & Crew

Claudette Colbert

as Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers

as The Princess Centimillia

as John D. Hackensacker III

Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges

Original Music Composer

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Victor Milner

Director of Photography

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Stuart Gilmore

Editor

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Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1943 - Buy Tickets

On DVD & Blu-ray:February 1st, 2005 - Buy DVD

Original Language:English

Production Companies:Paramount

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love marriage train money divorce screwball comedy florida airport yacht comedy of remarriage

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