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The Palm Beach story [videorecording (DVD)].

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Criterion Collection, 2015.

Marriage -- Drama.

Social classes -- Drama.

Palm Beach (Fla.) -- Drama.

Criterion collection ; 742.

Alternate title:

Safeguarding military information [videorecording (DVD)].

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (88 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., b&w ; 12 cm. + 1 folded sheet insert.

DVD release of the 1942 motion picture.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration ; James Harvey on Sturges (new interview with writer and film historian James Harvey) ; Billl Hader on Sturges (new interview with actor and comedian Bill Hader) ; Radio adaptation (Screen Guild Theater radio adaptation of the film from March 15, 1943, starring Claudette Colbert, Randolph Scott, and Rudy Vallee) ; Safeguarding military information (short film from 1941 written by Preston Sturges and distributed by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry, appearance by Eddie Bracken) ; PLUS: an essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Universal ; a Paramount Picture ; written and directed by Preston Sturges.

Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea with Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee and William Demarest.

"This wild tale of wacky wedlock from Preston Sturges (The Lady Eve) takes off like a rocket and never lets up. Joel McCrea (Sullivan's Travels) and Claudette Colbert (It Happened One Night) play Tom and Gerry, a married New York couple on the skids, financially and romantically. With Tom hot on her trail, Gerry takes off for Florida on a mission to solve the pair's money troubles, which she accomplishes in a highly unorthodox manner. A mix of the witty and the utterly absurd, The Palm Beach Story is a high watermark of Sturges's brand of physical comedy and verbal repartee, featuring sparkling performances from its leads as well as hilarious supporting turns from Rudy Vallee and Mary Astor as a brother and a sister ensnared in Tom and Gerry's high jinks."--Container.

Screwball comedy films.

Romantic comedy films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Sturges, Preston.

Colbert, Claudette.

McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990.

Astor, Mary, 1906-1987.

Vallée, Rudy, 1901-1986.

Demarest, William.

Scott, Randolph, 1898-1987.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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