The Palm Beach Story · 1942

The Palm Beach Story

«Love is fickle! Love is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!»

Preston Sturges · 88 min · United States of America

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.

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Awards

1 win

Production companies

Paramount Pictures

Locations

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Setting

Florida

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Cast

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  Claudette Colbert

  Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers

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  Joel McCrea

  Tom Jeffers

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  Mary Astor

  The Princess Centimillia

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  Rudy Vallee

  John D. Hackensacker III

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  Sig Arno

  Toto

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  Robert Warwick

  Mr. Hinch

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  Arthur Stuart Hull

  Mr. Osmond

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  Torben Meyer

  Dr. Kluck