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The Palm Beach Story is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Hal Walker released in USA on 1 january 1943 with Claudette Colbert
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
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Add to a movie listThe Palm Beach Story is a 1942 romantic screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, and starring Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor and Rudy Vallée. Victor Young contributed the lively musical score, including a fast-paced variation of the William Tell Overture for the opening scenes. Typical for a Sturges movie, the pacing and dialogue of The Palm Beach Story are very fast.
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Tom and Gerry Jeffers (Joel McCrea and Claudette Colbert) are a married couple in New York City who are down on their luck financially, which is pushing the marriage to an end. But there is another, deeper problem with their relationship, one that is hinted at in the prologue of the movie as the opening credits roll and then explained near the movie's end.Actors
Claudette Colbert
(Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers)
Joel McCrea
(Tom Jeffers)
Mary Astor
(The Princess Centimillia)
Rudy Vallée
(John D. Hackensacker III)
William Demarest
(First Member Ale and Quail Club)
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