The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Love is fickle! Love is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!
1942 · NR · 1h 28m · Comedy, Romance
Genres: Comedy, Romance
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.
Director: Preston Sturges
Writers: Preston Sturges
Music by: Victor Young
Cinematography: Victor Milner
Editor: Stuart Gilmore
Rated 7/10 by 212 viewers
Cast
Claudette Colbert as Geraldine 'Gerry' JeffersJoel McCrea as Tom JeffersMary Astor as The Princess CentimilliaRudy Vallee as John D. Hackensacker IIISig Arno as TotoRobert Warwick as Mr. HinchArthur Stuart Hull as Mr. OsmondTorben Meyer as Dr. KluckJimmy Conlin as Mr. AsweldVictor Potel as Mr. McKeewieWilliam Demarest as First Member Ale and Quail ClubJack Norton as Second Member Ale and Quail ClubMore like this
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