The Palm Beach Story (1942)
With Joel McCrea, Claudette Colbert, Rudy Vallée, Mary Astor, William Demarest, Jimmy Conlin, Robert Warwick, Arthur Hoyt
Directed by Preston Sturges
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.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
▶ Watch The Palm Beach StorySaved films live in this browser, no account needed. See your list.
Also filed under
More from GOLDEN AGE
![[Royal Air Force in Burma; RCAF : Stock Shots : Roffman Footage] (1942)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fBwkYRGnd0s/hqdefault.jpg)
More from the 1940s
FAQ
Where can I watch The Palm Beach Story for free?
The Palm Beach Story streams free on MOVIE REWIND, with no ads, no account and no algorithm. Press play and it runs straight through, all 1h 28m of it.
What year is The Palm Beach Story from?
The Palm Beach Story dates from 1942, directed by Preston Sturges. On MOVIE REWIND it plays on the GOLDEN AGE channel.
Is The Palm Beach Story in the public domain?
MOVIE REWIND indexes films that are in the public domain or made freely available on YouTube by their rights holders. Every title is health-checked, so if a copy is pulled it drops out of the rotation.
MOVIE REWIND is free and always will be: no ads, no account, no algorithm. It is kept running by one person, and the catalogue and all of its metadata are given away under CC0. If it showed you something worth watching, you can chip in.
Buy the archivist a coffee