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The Palm Beach Story

1942 · 88 min

A giddy, fast-talking romp of absurd rich people and marital scheming that breezes by like a champagne-fueled joke.

Tagline: Love is fickle! Love is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!
Overview: 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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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
class
betrayal
ambition
family
Places: big city
road trip
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	8
Realism	5
Romance	7
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy, romance
Directed by: Preston Sturges
Written by: Preston Sturges
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, Sig Arno, Robert Warwick, Arthur Stuart Hull, Torben Meyer
Music: Victor Young
Cinematography: Victor Milner
Runtime: 88 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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