The Palm Beach Story

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A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry (Geraldine), decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

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Cast and Crew

Cast

Claudette Colbert

Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers

Joel McCrea

Tom Jeffers

Mary Astor

The Princess Centimillia

Rudy Vallee

John D. Hackensacker III

Sig Arno

Toto

Robert Warwick

Mr. Hinch

Arthur Stuart Hull

Mr. Osmond

Torben Meyer

Dr. Kluck

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Jimmy Conlin

Mr. Asweld

Victor Potel

Mr. McKeewie

William Demarest

First Member Ale and Quail Club

Jack Norton

Second Member Ale and Quail Club

Robert Greig

Third Member Ale and Quail Club

Roscoe Ates

Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club

Dewey Robinson

Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club

Chester Conklin

Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club

Sheldon Jett

Seventh Member Ale and Quail Club

Robert Dudley

Wienie King

Franklin Pangborn

Manager

Arthur Hoyt

Pullman Conductor

Al Bridge

Conductor

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Colored Bartender

Charles R. Moore

Colored Porter

Frank Moran

Brakeman

Harry Rosenthal

Orchestra Leader

Esther Howard

Wife of Wienie King

Frank Faylen

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

J. Farrell MacDonald

Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)

Edward McNamara

Officer in Penn Station (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Diner on Train (uncredited)

Marcelle Corday

Elderly Maid (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Gerry's Maid of Honor/Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Tom's Best Man (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)

Crew

Preston Sturges

Director

Preston Sturges

Screenplay

Victor Milner

Director of Photography

Victor Young

Original Music Composer

Stuart Gilmore

Editor

Irene

Costume Design

Wally Westmore

Makeup Artist

Hans Dreier

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Ernst Fegté

Art Direction

Trailers

The Palm Beach Story Official Trailer #1 - Robert Warwick Movie (1942) HD