The Palm Beach Story
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The Palm Beach Story

19421h 28mComedyRomance
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Story Line

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.

Love is fickle! Love is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!

Top Cast

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers

Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

Tom Jeffers

Mary Astor

Mary Astor

The Princess Centimillia

Rudy Vallee

Rudy Vallee

John D. Hackensacker III

Sig Arno

Sig Arno

Toto

Robert Warwick

Robert Warwick

Mr. Hinch

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Rating

7.0/ 10

Release Date

1942-08-28

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

ComedyRomance

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User Reviews (2)

barrymost

barrymost

9/10
10/4/2019
A woman leaves her inventor husband, believing that it would be better for him if she were gone. She heads to Palm Beach to get a divorce, and meets kind billionaire John D. Hackensacker the III during crazy train ride there. The energy is bursting...
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7/10
6/5/2025
“Men don’t get smarter as they get older, they just lose their hair”! That’s the view of “Gerry” (Claudette Colbert) who is married to frustrated designer “Tom” (Joel McCrea). He needs $90,000 to build a state of the art airport but all of the tradit...