Only Old Movies - ultimate source of old, good classics from 1930`s to 1980`s: 2009-01-25

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The shop around the corner (1940) - James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan in romantic comedy

Rating 7.9/10
Runtime: 99 min
Language: USA
Country: English
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033045/

Cast

James Stewart ... Alfred Kralik
Margaret Sullavan ... Klara Novak
Frank Morgan ... Hugo Matuschek
Joseph Schildkraut ... Ferencz Vadas
Sara Haden ... Flora
Felix Bressart ... Pirovitch
William Tracy ... Pepi Katona

Description: "Matuschek's" is the gift shop around the corner. Among the staff is Alfred Kralik, a likeable young man who's in love with a woman he has never met and whose name he doesn't even know (their "romance" has been conducted through a post office box). When Klara Novak comes to work as a clerk in the shop, the sparks begin to fly: she and Alfred can't stand each other. Of course, what neither knows is that Klara is the woman Alfred has been romancing through the mail!

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