The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story (1942)

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

  • Genre: Comedy, Romance
  • Release Date: 1942-08-28
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 181 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 28min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Preston Sturges
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Summary

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.

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  • Claudette Colbert

    as Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers

  • Joel McCrea

    as Tom Jeffers

  • Mary Astor

    as The Princess Centimillia

  • Rudy Vallee

    as John D. Hackensacker III

  • Sig Arno

    as Toto

  • Robert Warwick

    as Mr. Hinch

  • Arthur Stuart Hull

    as Mr. Osmond

  • Torben Meyer

    as Dr. Kluck

  • Jimmy Conlin

    as Mr. Asweld

  • Victor Potel

    as Mr. McKeewie

  • William Demarest

    as First Member Ale and Quail Club

  • Jack Norton

    as Second Member Ale and Quail Club

  • Robert Greig

    as Third Member Ale and Quail Club

  • Roscoe Ates

    as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club

  • Dewey Robinson

    as Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club

  • Chester Conklin

    as Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club

  • Sheldon Jett

    as Seventh Member Ale and Quail Club

  • Robert Dudley

    as Wienie King

  • Franklin Pangborn

    as Manager

  • Arthur Hoyt

    as Pullman Conductor

  • Al Bridge

    as Conductor

  • Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

    as Colored Bartender

  • Charles R. Moore

    as Colored Porter

  • Frank Moran

    as Brakeman

  • Harry Rosenthal

    as Orchestra Leader

  • Esther Howard

    as Wife of Wienie King

  • Frank Faylen

    as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

  • J. Farrell MacDonald

    as Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)

  • Edward McNamara

    as Officer in Penn Station (uncredited)

  • Bert Moorhouse

    as Diner on Train (uncredited)

  • Marcelle Corday

    as Elderly Maid (uncredited)

  • Bess Flowers

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

  • Max Wagner

    as Tom's Best Man (uncredited)

  • Byron Foulger

    as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)

  • Joe Gilbert

    as Store Employee (uncredited)
Directing Preston Sturges Director
Writing Preston Sturges Screenplay
Sound Victor Young Original Music Composer
Camera Victor Milner Director of Photography
Editing Stuart Gilmore Editor
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Art Ernst Fegté Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Wally Westmore Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Irene Costume Design
Sound Harry Lindgren Sound Recordist
Sound Walter Oberst Sound Recordist
Production Paul Jones Associate Producer

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