The Palm Beach Story (1942)
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
Writer:
Preston Sturges
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Claudette Colbert as Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers |
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Joel McCrea as Tom Jeffers |
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Mary Astor as The Princess Centimillia |
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Rudy Vallee as John D. Hackensacker III |
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Sig Arno as Toto |
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Robert Warwick as Mr. Hinch |
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Arthur Stuart Hull as Mr. Osmond |
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Torben Meyer as Dr. Kluck |
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Jimmy Conlin as Mr. Asweld |
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Victor Potel as Mr. McKeewie |
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William Demarest as First Member Ale and Quail Club |
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Jack Norton as Second Member Ale and Quail Club |
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Robert Greig as Third Member Ale and Quail Club |
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Roscoe Ates as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club |
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Dewey Robinson as Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club |
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Chester Conklin as Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club |
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Sheldon Jett as Seventh Member Ale and Quail Club |
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Robert Dudley as Wienie King |
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Franklin Pangborn as Manager |
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Arthur Hoyt as Pullman Conductor |
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Al Bridge as Conductor |
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Colored Bartender |
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Charles R. Moore as Colored Porter |
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Frank Moran as Brakeman |
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Harry Rosenthal as Orchestra Leader |
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Esther Howard as Wife of Wienie King |
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Frank Faylen as Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
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J. Farrell MacDonald as Officer O'Donnell (uncredited) |
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Edward McNamara as Officer in Penn Station (uncredited) |
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Bert Moorhouse as Diner on Train (uncredited) |
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Marcelle Corday as Elderly Maid (uncredited) |
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Bess Flowers as Gerry's Maid of Honor/Nightclub Extra (uncredited) |
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Max Wagner as Tom's Best Man (uncredited) |
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Byron Foulger as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited) |
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Joe Gilbert as Store Employee (uncredited) |
| Directing | Preston Sturges | Director |
| Writing | Preston Sturges | Screenplay |
| Sound | Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Victor Milner | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Stuart Gilmore | Editor |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Art | Ernst Fegté | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irene | Costume Design |
| Sound | Harry Lindgren | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Walter Oberst | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Paul Jones | Associate Producer |
