EFC II

The Epic Film Challenge II
#279 - The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Dir. Preston Sturges
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Rudy Vallee, Mary Astor, Robert Dudley
The two hundred and seventy-ninth installment of the Epic Film Challenge II, a madcap screwball comedy from Preston Sturges, The Palm Beach Story.
November 2023
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[@paulbrien9902]

I love Preston Sturges and this movie. Sullivan’s Travels, The Lady Eve, The Miracle of Morgan Creek & Hail the Conquering Hero - just brilliant!

[@Nick-ty9us]

Oh, by the way Claudette Colbert was actually born in France hence the last name being a French last name

[@lucazacforever]

I've seen three Preston Sturges's movies till now (not this one), and two of them have this little "problem" (for me) of having at some point some slapstick sequence that I think don't fit well in the context of the rest of the movie. I don't think slapstick and screwball comedy go extremely well together in the same movie, at least this is my opinion. Among those I've seen is in "Unfaithfully Yours" I think that constitutes the major problem, cause in that film the slapstick sequence drags really for too long, I mean... for too long. and it's a shame because for the rest the film is really enjoyable! Still a good movie though. Also in "Sullivan's travels" there are a couple of scenes like that, but far less exhausting, and the film in general is a great one, very modern and meta, and with one of the most charming and unusual and moving scenes I've ever seen in a comedy of the golden age. Then, "Lady Eve" is the best of the three I've seen, and I don't remember any problem with the rythm in that one. The romance element really shines in "The Lady Eve" that I think it's a perfect mix of screwball and sophisticated comedy. Anyway, I think Sturges was an interesting and peculiar filmmaker. I want to see this one at some point. I really love Claudette Colbert!

[@lucazacforever]

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