The Palm Beach Story 1942 PG
Production still from The Palm Beach Story 1942 / Director: Preston Sturges / Image courtesy: Universal Pictures Australia / View full image
When
3.00pm, Sat 26 Aug 2023 (86 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
About
Joel McCrea and Claudette Colbert star as married couple Tom and Gerry in Preston Sturges’ gleefully absurd The Palm Beach Story. After years of struggling financially while Tom’s career as an inventor flounders, Gerry decides that the two of them would be better off if she left him and married a rich man who could fund Tom’s dreams. A breathless farce of the highest order, the film showcases Sturges’ unparalleled wit and comic effervescence.
The Palm Beach Story will screen from an imported 35mm print.
Production Credits
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Script: Preston Sturges
- Cinematographer: Victor Milner
- Editor: Stuart Gilmore
- Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor
- Print Source: Library of Congress, Washington DC
- Rights: Universal Pictures Australia
- Year: 1942
- Runtime: 86 minutes
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Colour: Black & White
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm