# The Palm Beach Story (1942)

> A cash-strapped inventor’s wife boards a madcap journey toward divorce, only to find that wealth, pride, and romance make separation anything but simple.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/20267

## Facts

- Runtime: 88 min
- Genres: Comedy, Romance
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, Sig Arno, Robert Warwick, Arthur Stuart Hull, Torben Meyer
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035169/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Mood: witty, breezy, irreverent, classic movie night, date night

## Synopsis

A couple's marriage teeters on the brink as one seeks freedom and the other fights to hold on.

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