The Palm Beach Story
Preston Sturges / US, 1942 / 88 min.
Preston Sturges’ screwball comedy upends the American gender norms of the 1940s. Dreamer, and architect-inventor Tom’s attractive, intelligent and perceptive wife Gerry leaves him to find a billionaire …
It’s not that Tom and Gerry don’t love each other anymore, yet Gerry (film star Claudette Colbert) is sick of being poor nor can she tolerate dreamer Tom (Joel McCrea, also in Sullivan’s Travels) any longer.
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Director
Preston Sturges
Production year
1942
Country
US
Original title
The Palm Beach Story
Length
88 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD or FRA or ENG
Format
DCP
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Written and Directed by Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges is one of Hollywood’s Big Names. He took the thirties screwball comedy genre to new heights, with dialogue that still sounds surprisingly natural and mature today.
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