The Palm Beach Story (1942)

08/28/1942 (US) • 1h 28m

Comedy, Romance

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Claudette Colbert

Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers

Joel McCrea

Tom Jeffers

Mary Astor

The Princess Centimillia

Rudy Vallee

John D. Hackensacker III

Torben Meyer

Dr. Kluck

Jimmy Conlin

Mr. Asweld


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

florida

airport

yacht

marriage

love

money

train

divorce

screwball comedy

palm beach

comedy of remarriage

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