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Palm Beach Story, The (1942) Rank 3 Reviews
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filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Preston Sturges makes screwball extreme in this crazy comedy about an architect (Joel McCrea) and his wife (Claudette Colbert). When McCrea can't sell any designs, Colbert leaves him for a millionaire, with the idea that she'll get him to fund Joel's ...read the complete Palm Beach Story movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
DVD Times
The Palm Beach Story, should be his most purely enjoyable picture. We get the usual rapid fire mixture of slapstick and sharp dialogue, here told with the manic energy of Hellzapoppin’, say, ...read the complete Palm Beach Story movie review at DVD Times
Edinburgh U Film Society (Alan Smithee)
filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
culturevulture.net
Classic Film Guide
MediaScreen.com
The transfer of this perennial favorite is not what you might call outstanding. In fact it's something of a disappointment. The grayscale is remarkably weak and poorly contrasted. ...read the complete Palm Beach Story movie review at MediaScreen.com
DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"Way before there was "Mamet talk" there was "Sturges talk,"--and his humor is sharper pronged and more scathing." ...read the complete Palm Beach Story movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
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