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The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner

EVERY GIRL OR FELLOW WHO EVER KEPT A “BLIND DATE”

19408.11h 39m

Overview

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Written by Samson Raphaelson, Miklós László
Produced by Ernst Lubitsch
Box OfficeBudget: $500K0

Top Cast

Margaret Sullavan

Margaret Sullavan

Klara Novak

James Stewart

James Stewart

Alfred Kralik

Frank Morgan

Frank Morgan

Hugo Matuschek

Joseph Schildkraut

Joseph Schildkraut

Ferencz Vadas

Sara Haden

Sara Haden

Flora

Felix Bressart

Felix Bressart

Pirovitch

William Tracy

William Tracy

Pepi Katona

Inez Courtney

Inez Courtney

Ilona

Sarah Edwards

Sarah Edwards

Woman Customer

Edwin Maxwell

Edwin Maxwell

Doctor

Themes & Keywords

salesclerksecret lovelovesicknessbudapest, hungaryanonymous letterman woman relationshippen palsloveblack and whiteco-workers relationshipmusic boxbickeringquestioninggift shopholiday seasoncuriouschristmasintrospectiveparfumerie

About The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1940 exploring themes of salesclerk, secret love, lovesickness, budapest, hungary, anonymous letter, man woman relationship. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, it stars Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan. Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

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