It's a twist that somehow doesn't ring true--the only really false note in an otherwise perfect screwball comedy.Rudy Vallee is outstanding as a nutty millionaire, a role written expressly for him (and he even gets to sing a little)--and Mary Astor, as his husband hunting sister, is hilariously over the top as a woman who can't stop talking while pursuing her man.A good way to spend a pleasant 90 minutes. He’s back! He gives Gerry $700 to start life afresh but Tom refuses to believe her story and they quarrel. Temporary relief, in the form of a cash infusion from a funny old man who wants nothing in return but a peck on the cheek from the pretty lady, grants Gerry and Tom salvation from their creditors, but animal jealousy pushes their already simmering marital discord to a boil. The biography of Dr. W. T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment. Woodrow is discharged from the military for hay fever, but fabricates receiving a heroic honorable discharge before returning home. AKA: A Palm Beach történet. But losing his job ... See full summary ». The Palm Beach Story is a light-hearted comedy with Preston Sturges signature traits: fun and fast paced witty banter. Tom follows Gerry to Palm Beach by air, with the impromptu financial assistance of the Wienie King. An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire. In other words, The Palm Beach Story begins with the Manhattan story. Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity. The film went into general release on 1 January 1943. They make the remainder of the trip to Palm Beach on Hackensacker's yacht named The Erl King (a Sturges joke on oil, the source of the Hackensacker family business). The captivating Claudette Colbert stars as the frustrated wife of struggling engineer Joel McCrea. To help his suit with Gerry, Hackensacker agrees to invest in Tom's scheme to build an airport suspended over a city by wires. Typical of a Sturges film, the pacing and dialogue of The Palm Beach Story are very fast. [7], In 1998, Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader included the film in his unranked list of the best American films not included on the AFI Top 100. [6], The story Sturges came up with had the title Is Marriage Necessary?, and this titled, along with the alternative Is That Bad?, became a working title for the film. The Palm Beach Story The captivating Claudette Colbert stars as the frustrated wife of struggling engineer Joel McCrea. 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