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Shop Around the Corner, The (1940) Movie Reviews

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Decent Films - faith on film (Steven D. Greydanus)

Who but Ernst Lubitsch could have pulled off such a winning romantic-comedy classic that dares to include, but is not marred by, such tragic undercurrents, with a frank subplot involving adultery, attempted suicide, and the collapse of a marriage? The...read the complete Shop Around the Corner, The (1940) review at Decent Films - faith on film (Steven D. Greydanus)

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Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

One of the all-time great romantic films stars Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan as two slightly antagonistic clerks working in the same store who do not realize they have been corresponding with one another and are in love. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch,...read the complete Shop Around the Corner, The (1940) review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

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filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

Suppose you have a wonderful inner soul that nobody knows about. Or, perhaps, just one person knows. That person has never met you, doesn't know your age or position, but this special someone is lavished with the vast splendor of your glorious inner...read the complete Shop Around the Corner, The (1940) review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)