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The Palm Beach Story
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.
1942 · Directed by Preston Sturges · 88 min · Comedy · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
Love is fickle! Love is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!
Crew
- Screenplay: Preston Sturges
- Cinematography: Victor Milner
- Edited by: Stuart Gilmore
- Music: Victor Young
Cast
- Claudette Colbert as Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
- Joel McCrea as Tom Jeffers
- Mary Astor as The Princess Centimillia
- Rudy Vallee as John D. Hackensacker III
- Sig Arno as Toto
- Robert Warwick as Mr. Hinch
- Arthur Stuart Hull as Mr. Osmond
- Torben Meyer as Dr. Kluck
- Jimmy Conlin as Mr. Asweld
- Victor Potel as Mr. McKeewie
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures
- Themes: florida, airport, marriage, love, money, train, divorce, screwball comedy, palm beach, florida, comedy of remarriage
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