The Palm Beach Story (1942)
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Reviews Counted: 21 Fresh: 21 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.5/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Synopsis: In THE PALM BEACH STORY, directed by Preston Sturges, Gerry Jeffers (Claudette Colbert) dumps her husband because he has no money, then goes searching for a rich bachelor. [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, William Demarest
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This Prestton Sturges production is packed with delightful absurdities.
11/13/07
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Rudy Vallee turns in his best performance as a gentle, puny millionaire named Hackensacker in this brilliant, simultaneously tender and scalding 1942 screwball comedy by Preston Sturges.
02/09/07
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Way before there was "Mamet talk" there was "Sturges talk,"--and his humor is sharper pronged and more scathing."
01/20/05
It should have been a breathless comedy. But only the actors are breathless -- and that from talking so much.
05/20/03
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Sturges on the importance of money, sex, and guns -- not necessarily in that order.
03/10/03
Sturges' dialogue, as always, is not only sharp, but cutting, delivered with typical flair by the charter members of Sturges' company of actors.
07/20/02
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Preston Sturges at his peak
by: doug9732 2/28/04
by: doug9732 2/28/04
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