Preston Sturges (1898 - 1959) was perhaps the greatest comedy director of the Golden Age of Hollywood. During the Second World War, he created a series of box office hits that have been treasured by movie fans ever since. Fast-moving and packed with physical comedy, slapstick and memorable one-liners, these movies were also years ahead of their time in treatment of sex and morality.
'Palm Beach Story' stars Claudette Colbert as an antsy wife who can't wait for her husband to earn some cash! So she dumps him and goes in search of a rich bachelor.
Directed by
Preston Sturges
Written by
Preston Sturges
Starring
Claudette Colbert (Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers); Joel McCrea (Tom Jeffers ('Capt. McGlew')); Mary Astor (The Princess Centimillia); Rudy Vallee (John D. Hackensacker III); Sig Arno (Toto); Robert Warwick (Mr. Hinch, Ale and Quail Club); Arthur Stuart Hull (Mr. Osmond); Torben Meyer (Dr. Kluck); Jimmy Conlin (Mr. Asweld, Ale and Quail Club); 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). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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