The Palm Beach Story (1942)
An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea. His wife, who loves him, decides to raise it for him by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Preston Sturges
Written By: Preston Sturges
Starring: Franklin Pangborn, William Demarest, Arthur Hoyt, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Robert Warwick, Claudette Colbert, Roscoe Ates, Rudy Vallee, Sig Arno, Frank Moran
Country: USA
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The Palm Beach Story belongs to 36 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (collaborative: moderated by kozan26 - 232 stars)
2. Criterion Collection (collaborative: moderated by caffe - 165 stars)
3. Features under 91 minutes (collaborative: moderated by epiphany - 56 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Scottathon - 39 stars)
5. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 38 stars)
6. Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time (public: Ross - 36 stars)
7. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 32 stars)
8. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (collaborative: moderated by theficionado - 31 stars)
9. Netflix Instant (collaborative: moderated by somnivore - 29 stars)
10. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2014 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Jehan - 27 stars)
11. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 25 stars)
12. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2017 revision) (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 22 stars)
13. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) (collaborative: moderated by epiphany - 20 stars)
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15. Women+ (collaborative: moderated by paulofilmo - 18 stars)
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17. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2011 revision) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 14 stars)
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20. Sight and Sound 2002 (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 9 stars)
21. Screwball (collaborative: moderated by Nouilles - 8 stars)
22. AFI 100 Years... 100 Laughs (collaborative: moderated by iceblox - 8 stars)
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28. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray and 4K) (public: PepeCamello - 3 stars)
29. Premiere Magazine's 50 Unsung Classics (collaborative: moderated by Jorg - 2 stars)
30. Djross comedy of the year (public: djross - 2 stars)
31. Romantic Comedy (collaborative - 1 star)
32. Village Voice Critics Poll: 100 Best Films of the 20th Century (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
33. The Leonard Maltin List (collaborative: moderated by wokelstein)
34. 1942: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
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MartinTeller | 72 41st |
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Another Preston Sturges comedy with Joel McCrea, not as satisfying as Sullivan but enjoyable. Lots of drunk acting, which is a pet peeve of mine.
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eveelun | 72 48th |
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Amusing enough, with colorful characters and funny situations; another old comedy I'd call "pleasant" - definitely worth a watch, I was consistently entertained, but it doesn't offer much replay value.
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| 1 | Ella May | 75 69th |
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Claudette Colbert was so likable I disliked disliking this movie; edited after rewatch. This was enjoyable this time and I'm not sure why I disliked it before.
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bof | 55 32nd |
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Twins? The fuck?
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MacSwell | 65 50th |
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Claudette Colbert lights up an unorthodox romantic comedy with some wonderful looks and comments, but as none of the characters act anything like real people, it suffers from a lack of the relatable humanity woven into Sturges' best works. He seemingly writes himself into a corner before coming up with a ludicrous twist ending, which is laid out in the opening credits but insufficiently foreshadowed throughout the story to really constitute a satisfying payoff.
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| Average Percentile 64.9% from 487 Ratings |  |