The Palm Beach Story (1942)

Do you love zany antics and ridiculous characters? Do you love it when hilarious women steal the show (cough*Mary Astor*cough)? Do you love it when a joke set up in the opening credits takes an entire movie to pay off? Then The Palm Beach Story is the film for you! Check out this perfect introduction to the work of Preston Sturges (writer and director extraordinaire) and revel in it's sublime marriage of slapstick comedy and wry wit. Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, and Rudy Vallee star in this complete charmer of a film that will leave you saying "Joel McCrea your invention is a terrible idea but I still like you". Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest, Daniel Strauss chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.