The Palm Beach Story

Preston Sturges
1942-08-28

Love is fickle! Love is is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!
7
88 min

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

Cast

Name Character Team
Claudette Colbert Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers Unowned
Joel McCrea Tom Jeffers Unowned
Mary Astor The Princess Centimillia Unowned
Rudy Vallee John D. Hackensacker III Unowned
Sig Arno Toto Unowned
Robert Warwick Mr. Hinch Unowned
Arthur Stuart Hull Mr. Osmond Unowned
Torben Meyer Dr. Kluck Unowned
Jimmy Conlin Mr. Asweld Unowned
Victor Potel Mr. McKeewie Unowned
William Demarest First Member Ale and Quail Club Unowned
Jack Norton Second Member Ale and Quail Club Unowned
Robert Greig Third Member Ale and Quail Club Unowned
Roscoe Ates Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club Unowned
Dewey Robinson Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club Unowned
Chester Conklin Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club Unowned
Sheldon Jett Seventh Member Ale and Quail Club Unowned
Robert Dudley Wienie King Unowned
Franklin Pangborn Manager Unowned
Arthur Hoyt Pullman Conductor Unowned
Al Bridge Conductor Unowned
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Colored Bartender Unowned
Charles R. Moore Colored Porter Unowned
Frank Moran Brakeman Unowned
Harry Rosenthal Orchestra Leader Unowned
Esther Howard Wife of Wienie King Unowned
Frank Faylen Taxi Driver (uncredited) Unowned
J. Farrell MacDonald Officer O'Donnell (uncredited) Unowned
Edward McNamara Officer in Penn Station (uncredited) Unowned
Bert Moorhouse Diner on Train (uncredited) Unowned
Marcelle Corday Elderly Maid (uncredited) Unowned
Bess Flowers Gerry's Maid of Honor/Nightclub Extra (uncredited) Unowned
Max Wagner Tom's Best Man (uncredited) Unowned
Byron Foulger Jewelry Salesman (uncredited) Unowned
Joe Gilbert Store Employee (uncredited) Unowned