The Palm Beach Story

Release Date: 1942-08-28

Rating: ⭐ 7/10 (190 votes)

Genres: Comedy, Romance

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.

Production: Paramount Pictures

🎭 Top Cast

Claudette Colbert

as Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers

Joel McCrea

as Tom Jeffers

Mary Astor

as The Princess Centimillia

Rudy Vallee

as John D. Hackensacker III

Sig Arno

as Toto

Robert Warwick

as Mr. Hinch

📝 User Reviews

barrymost

⭐ 9/10

Oct 04, 2019

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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