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The Shop Around the Corner
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The Shop Around the Corner

1940•1h 39m•Comedy•Drama•Romance
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Story Line

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

“EVERY GIRL OR FELLOW WHO EVER KEPT A “BLIND DATE””

Top Cast

Margaret Sullavan

Margaret Sullavan

Klara Novak

James Stewart

James Stewart

Alfred Kralik

Frank Morgan

Frank Morgan

Hugo Matuschek

Joseph Schildkraut

Joseph Schildkraut

Ferencz Vadas

Sara Haden

Sara Haden

Flora

Felix Bressart

Felix Bressart

Pirovitch

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Rating

8.1/ 10

Release Date

1940-01-12

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

ComedyDramaRomance

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User Reviews (2)

John Chard

John Chard

9/10
•12/28/2019
Ah, epistolary love, delightful. This is the story of Matuschek and Company - - of Mr. Matuschek and the people who work for him. It is just around the corner from Andrassy Street - - on Balta Street, in Budapest, Hungary. Klara Novak seeks wo...
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

8/10
•6/23/2022
Frank Morgan is super in this delightful comedy drama. His general goods store finds itself with a new employee in "Klara" (Margaret Sullavan) who has loads of new techniques and a style that manages to irk long time supervisor "Kralik" (James Stewar...