THE PALM BEACH STORY

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• Release Year: 1942
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Plot: The captivating Claudette Colbert stars as the frustrated wife of struggling engineer Joel McCrea. In a seemingly amicable agreement, Colbert hops a train to Palm Beach where divorces come easy. Desperate to escape a group of obnoxious millionaires on the train to Florida, Colbert hides out in a sleeping car where she meets, unbeknownst to her, one of the world's richest men (Rudy Vallee) who is relentless in his attempt to romance her.; ; Upon their arrival in Palm Beach, Colbert is met by her husband who has come to claim her back only to find that Vallee's man-crazy sister (Mary Astor) is after him! The foursome's story unfolds through intensely humorous dialogue, flirtatious situations and a splendid soundtrack.
• Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, Sig Arno, Robert Warwick, Arthur Stuart Hull, Torben Meyer, Jimmy Conlin, Victor Potel, William Demarest, Jack Norton, Robert Greig, Roscoe Ates, Dewey Robinson, Chester Conklin, Sheldon Jett, Robert Dudley, Franklin Pangborn, Arthur Hoyt, Al Bridge, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Charles R. Moore, Frank Moran, Harry Rosenthal, Esther Howard, Ernest Anderson, George Anderson, Wilson Benge, Monte Blue, Ralph Brooks, James Conaty, Marcelle Corday, Laurie Douglas, Frank Faylen, Bess Flowers, Byron Foulger, Alfred Hall, Sam Harris, Harry Hayden, John Holland, Mike Lally, J. Farrell MacDonald, Edward McNamara, Esther Michelson, Howard M. Mitchell, Bert Moorhouse, Mantan Moreland, Odette Myrtil, Lillian Randolph, Keith Richards, Julius Tannen, Harry Tyler, Max Wagner, Preston Sturges
• Director: Preston Sturges
• Runtime: 1:28
• Company: Universal Studios
• Media Format: Movie