THE PALM BEACH STORY

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Showings

Chauncey -Theater 2 Sun, Jul 28 4:00 PM
Chauncey -Theater 2 Wed, Jul 31 7:00 PM
Series Info
Series:All Aboard!
Film Info
Director:Preston Sturges
Featuring:Claudette Colbert
Joel McCrea
Rudy Vallée
Runtime:88 minutes
Rating:Not Rated
Year Released:1942
Format:DCP
Production Country:USA
Language:English
Genre:Screwball Comedy
Romance

Description

Presented as part of All Aboard!—train movies of the 30s and 40s


"Sturges at his pithiest, with his choicest cast of supporting loons."—Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle


Gerry (Claudette Colbert) is unhappy in her marriage to struggling inventor Tom (Joel McCrea), so she hops a train to Florida to try and find the life she deserves. On the southbound locomotive, she meets John D. Hackensacker III (Rudy Vallée), one of the richest men in the world, after sneaking into his sleeper car trying to duck a group of obnoxious millionaires. Desperate to win his wife back, Tom flies down to Palm Beach and meets Gerry with her new beau and his sister, Princess Centimillia (Mary Astor), who is instantly smitten. In typical Preston Sturges fashion, hijinks abound in this incredibly fast paced screwball comedy.