Margaret Sullavan
Klara Novak
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A romantic comedy about two employees at a gift shop who fall in love through anonymous letters, but hate each other in person. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart, this classic film is based on a play by Miklós László.
- (39K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Ernst Lubitsch
- 1940-01-12
The Shop Around the Corner is a 1940 American romantic comedy-drama film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Frank Morgan. The screenplay was written by Samson Raphaelson based on the 1937 Hungarian play Parfumerie by Miklós László.
Alfred Kralik is the senior salesman in a long established Budapest gift shop, owned by the likeable and kindly Hugo Matuschek. Alfred has been there for 9 years and is very good at his job. One day a young woman, Klara Novak,comes into the shop looking for a job.
James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan star in this charming 1940 comedy about unwitting pen pals who find love in pre-World War II Budapest. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch (Ninotchka). With Frank Morgan (The Wizard of Oz). 3,888 IMDb 8.0 1 h 38 min 1940. X-Ray 13+.
At the Budapest shop Matuschek and Company, work Pepi Katona, the snippy errand boy, Pirovitch, the mild-mannered clerk, Alfred Kralik, the bashful yet lovestruck head clerk, the duplicitious Ferencz Vadas, and clerks Ilona and Flora. Each morning, the six line up in front of the shop to await the arrival of their boss, Hugo Matuschek, and ...
- Ernst Lubitsch, Horace Hough
- Margaret Sullavan
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Deftly directed by Ernst Lubitsch from a smart, funny script by Samson Raphaelson, The Shop Around the Corner is a romantic comedy in the finest sense of the term. Read Critics Reviews
- (97)
- Romance, Comedy
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