The Shop Around the Corner
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Released
- 1940
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1940
Storyline
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Top credits
Margaret Sullavan — Klara Novak
James Stewart — Alfred Kralik
Frank Morgan — Hugo Matuschek
Joseph Schildkraut — Ferencz Vadas
Did you know
• Even though Margaret Sullavan was infamous for her quick temper and disdainful attitude towards Hollywood, James Stewart counted working with her as one of the great joys of his professional career. And because he knew her personally, he was more equipped than most of the cast and crew members to deal with her frequent and volatile emotional outbursts.
• To make sure his film was stripped of the glamour usually associated with him, Ernst Lubitsch went to such lengths as ordering that a dress Margaret Sullavan had purchased off the rack for $1.98 be left in the sun to bleach and altered to fit poorly.
• In the Book "Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise", Ernst Lubitsch called this film "the best picture I ever made in my life."
User reviews
One of Stewarts best
Oozes With Charm
Charming
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
