The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story

88 mins | Comedy, Romance | Aug. 28, 1942

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.

The Palm Beach Story

88 mins | Comedy, Romance | Aug. 28, 1942

The Palm Beach Story
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Paramount
Original title The Palm Beach Story
Directors Preston Sturges
Writers Preston Sturges

Cast

Claudette Colbert

as Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers

Joel McCrea

as Tom Jeffers

Mary Astor

as The Princess Centimillia

Rudy Vallee

as John D. Hackensacker III

Sig Arno

as Toto

Robert Warwick

as Mr. Hinch

Arthur Stuart Hull

as Mr. Osmond

Torben Meyer

as Dr. Kluck

Jimmy Conlin

as Mr. Asweld

Victor Potel

as Mr. McKeewie

William Demarest

as First Member Ale and Quail Club

Jack Norton

as Second Member Ale and Quail Club

Robert Greig

as Third Member Ale and Quail Club

Roscoe Ates

as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club

Dewey Robinson

as Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club

Chester Conklin

as Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club

Sheldon Jett

as Seventh Member Ale and Quail Club

Robert Dudley

as Wienie King

Franklin Pangborn

as Manager

Arthur Hoyt

as Pullman Conductor

Al Bridge

as Conductor

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

as Colored Bartender

Charles R. Moore

as Colored Porter

Frank Moran

as Brakeman

Harry Rosenthal

as Orchestra Leader

Esther Howard

as Wife of Wienie King

Frank Faylen

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

J. Farrell MacDonald

as Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)

Edward McNamara

as Officer in Penn Station (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

as Diner on Train (uncredited)

Marcelle Corday

as Elderly Maid (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

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

Max Wagner

as Tom's Best Man (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)