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The Palm Beach Story

by John Pym

Type
Studies
Subject
One FilmThe Palm Beach Story
Keywords
Preston Sturges
Publishing date
1998
Publisher
BFI Publishing
Collection
BFI Film Classics
Language
English
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Relative size
Physical desc.
Paperback • 78 pages
5 ¾ x 7 inches (14.5 x 18 cm)
ISBN-10
ISBN-13
0-85170-671-1
978-0-85170-671-9
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Working for Paramount in the 1940s, in the shadow of war, playwright and scriptwriter Preston Sturges directed a succession of comedies of which "The Palm Beach Story" (1942) is perhaps the finest. An effervescent, quickfire adult fantasy about the driving forces of sex and money starring Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea, and featuring the Ale and Quail club. John Pym's account here recreates the subtlety and energy of the film.

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