The Palm Beach Story (1942)

70% User Rating

1h 28min

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

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.

Preston SturgesDirector

Cast

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Claudette Colbert

Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers

Joel McCrea

Tom Jeffers

Mary Astor

The Princess Centimillia

Rudy Vallee

John D. Hackensacker III

Sig Arno

Toto

Robert Warwick

Mr. Hinch

Arthur Stuart Hull

Mr. Osmond

Torben Meyer

Dr. Kluck

Jimmy Conlin

Mr. Asweld

Victor Potel

Mr. McKeewie

William Demarest

First Member Ale and Quail Club

Jack Norton

Second Member Ale and Quail Club

Robert Greig

Third Member Ale and Quail Club

Roscoe Ates

Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club

Dewey Robinson

Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club

Chester Conklin

Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club

Sheldon Jett

Seventh Member Ale and Quail Club

Robert Dudley

Wienie King

Franklin Pangborn

Manager

Arthur Hoyt

Pullman Conductor

Al Bridge

Conductor

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Colored Bartender

Charles R. Moore

Colored Porter

Frank Moran

Brakeman

Harry Rosenthal

Orchestra Leader

Esther Howard

Wife of Wienie King

Frank Faylen

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

J. Farrell MacDonald

Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)

Edward McNamara

Officer in Penn Station (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Diner on Train (uncredited)

Marcelle Corday

Elderly Maid (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Gerry's Maid of Honor/Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Tom's Best Man (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert

Store Employee (uncredited)

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barrymost

Rating 90%

October 4, 2019

A woman leaves her inventor husband, believing that it would be better for him if she were gone. She heads to Palm Beach to get a divorce, and meets kind billionaire John D. Hackensacker the III during crazy train ride there. The energy is bursting in every scene thanks to film's great, seasoned cast. Watch for early scenes with the endearing, little old "Wienie King". The film is a wonderful, joyfully hilarious romp. Would I recommend? Yes. The quintessential screwball comedy.