---
title: 'The Palm Beach Story (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Preston Sturges'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-palm-beach-story-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035169/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Palm Beach Story (1942)

1942 · 88 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Palm Beach Story is a 1942 American screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, and starring Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor and Rudy Vallée. Victor Young contributed the musical score, including a fast-paced variation of the William Tell Overture for the opening scenes. Typical of a Sturges production, the pacing and dialogue of The Palm Beach Story are very fast. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Preston Sturges](https://cinepixo.com/people/preston-sturges)
- **Screenplay:** [Preston Sturges](https://cinepixo.com/people/preston-sturges)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Victor Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-young)
- **Producer:** [Buddy DeSylva](https://cinepixo.com/people/buddy-desylva)
- **Director of Photography:** [Victor Milner](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-milner)
- **Editor:** [Stuart Gilmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-gilmore)

## Cast

- [Dewey Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/dewey-robinson)
- [Jimmy Conlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-conlin)
- [Chester Conklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/chester-conklin)
- [Franklin Pangborn](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklin-pangborn)
- [Roscoe Ates](https://cinepixo.com/people/roscoe-ates)
- [Odette Myrtil](https://cinepixo.com/people/odette-myrtil)
- [Lillian Randolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillian-randolph)
- [Sig Arno](https://cinepixo.com/people/sig-arno)
- [Sheldon Jett](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheldon-jett)
- [Robert Greig](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-greig)
- [Torben Meyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/torben-meyer)
- [Claudette Colbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudette-colbert)
- [Esther Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/esther-howard)
- [Mary Astor](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-astor)
- [Victor Potel](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-potel)

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