The Palm Beach Story

1942

Action / Comedy / Romance

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 94% · 32 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 81% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 13914 13.9K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Preston Sturges Photo
Preston Sturges

Top cast

Monte Blue Photo
Monte Blue as Mike the Doorman
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Photo
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Colored Bartender
William Demarest Photo
William Demarest as First Member Ale and Quail Club
Mantan Moreland Photo
Mantan Moreland as Diner Waiter
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698.65 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
Passed
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 3
1.24 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
Passed
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

“Men don’t get smarter as they get older

“Men don’t get smarter as they get older, they just lose their hair”! That’s the view of “Gerry” (Claudette Colbert) who is married to frustrated designer “Tom” (Joel McCrea). He needs $90,000 to build a state of the art airport but all of the traditional investment sources have politely declined. She decides that he would do better on his own, or better yet - she could divorce him the go marry a millionaire and try to fund him that way. He thinks this is bonkers, but next thing she is on a train to Palm Beach where she encounters “J.D.” (Rudy Vallee) who just happens to be a very rich gent who is happy to dispense his largesse generously. Hooked up with this man, they meet his open-minded sister (Mary Astor) to whom “Gerry” spins some fanciful yarns about her husband that only come home to roost when that poor soul, determined not to give up on his wife, arrives and risks spoiling her carefully stacked line of fibbing dominoes. What chance they can get the money without someone in this ostensibly spoiled and vacuous scenario cottoning on? The story is a bit on the far-fetched side, but Colbert has excellent comedy timing and there are quite a few pithy gems amidst the fairly relentless dialogue as the story takes aim at the owners of inherited wealth and at attitudes to the wealthy from those who aspire and despise in equal measure. There’s some fun chemistry on display between all four here and though the denouement is a little rushed and disappointing, this is still a fun romp that I did quite enjoy.
Reviewed by barrymost 9 / 10

A woman leaves her inventor husband, believing that

A woman leaves her inventor husband, believing that it would be better for him if she were gone. She heads to Palm Beach to get a divorce, and meets kind billionaire John D. Hackensacker the III during crazy train ride there. The energy is bursting in every scene thanks to film's great, seasoned cast. Watch for early scenes with the endearing, little old "Wienie King". The film is a wonderful, joyfully hilarious romp. Would I recommend? Yes. The quintessential screwball comedy.
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