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The Palm Beach Story - Preston Sturges

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Directed by: 
Preston Sturges
Screenplay by: 
Preston Sturges
Ernst Laemmle
Produced by: 
Buddy De Sylva
Paul Jones
Release year: 
1942
Country: 
United States of America
Runtime: 
88min
Genre: 
Romantic comedy
Black-and-white
Romance Film
Screwball comedy
Comedy of manners
Comedy
Music by: 
Victor Young
Plot: 
Gerry and Tom Jeffers are finding married life hard. Tom is an inventor/ architect and there is little money for them to live on. They are about to be thrown out of their apartment when Gerry meets rich businessman being shown around as a prospective tenant. He gives Gerry $700 to start life afresh but Tom refuses to believe her story and they quarrel. Gerry decides the marriage is over and heads to Palm Beach for a quick divorce but Tom has plans to stop her.
Cast: 
Joel McCrea
as
Tom Jeffers
Claudette Colbert
as
Gerry Jeffers
Rudy Vallée
as
J.D. Hackensacker III
Mary Astor
as
The Princess Centimillia
Franklin Pangborn
as
Manager
William Demarest
as
First Member Ale and Quail Club
Robert Warwick
as
Mr. Hinch
Robert Dudley
as
Wienie King
Sig Arno
as
Toto
Arthur Stuart Hull
as
Mr. Osmond
Torben Meyer
as
Dr. Kluck
Jimmy Conlin
as
Mr. Asweld
Victor Potel
as
Mr. McKeewie
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
Arthur Hoyt
as
Pullman Conductor
Al Bridge
as
Conductor
Fred Toones
as
Colored Bartender
Fred Toones
as
George
Charles R. Moore
as
Colored Porter
Frank Moran
as
Brakeman
Harry Rosenthal
as
Orchestra Leader
Esther Howard
as
Wife of Wienie King
Ernest Anderson
as
Club Car Steward
George Anderson
as
The Gent
Wilson Benge
as
Yacht Steward
Monte Blue
as
Mike the Doorman
Ralph Brooks
as
Nightclub Dance Extra #1
James Conaty
as
Nightclub Dance Extra #2
James Conaty
as
Store Employee
Marcelle Corday
as
Elderly Maid
Laurie Douglas
as
Maid in Princess' Room
Frank Faylen
as
Taxi Driver
Bess Flowers
as
Gerry's Maid of Honor
Bess Flowers
as
Nightclub Extra
Byron Foulger
as
Jewelry Salesman
Alfred Hall
as
Bishop
Sam Harris
as
Dining Car Extra
Harry Hayden
as
Prospect
John Holland
as
Member of Wedding Party
Mike Lally
as
Mate with Binoculars
J. Farrell MacDonald
as
Officer O'Donnell
Edward McNamara
as
Officer in Penn Station
Esther Michelson
as
Near-Sighted Woman
Howard M. Mitchell
as
Man in Apartment
Bert Moorhouse
as
Diner on Train
Mantan Moreland
as
Diner Waiter
Odette Myrtil
as
Sales Clerk
Lillian Randolph
as
Maid on Train
Keith Richards
as
Shoe Salesman
Julius Tannen
as
Proprietor of Store
Harry Tyler
as
Gateman at Penn Station
Max Wagner
as
Tom's Best Man

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