The Palm Beach Story (1942)
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035169/]
The Gist:
The film is a sort of an anti-romantic comedy, where instead of showing a couple getting together it starts from their marriage and works backwards. This is the third Preston Sturges film I've seen, and it should be noted that every one of his films that I've watched has come out in the same year. Three significant entries into classical cinema all in the same year, it's a truly remarkable achievement. This film, however, turns out to be the weakest of the bunch. It can be quite clever at times, because Sturges is just a clever fucking cat, great at writing this crackling dialogue that carries the film. However, this particular film is not as funny as Lady Eve, not as indispensably relevant as Sullivan's Travels, and has an ending that feels forced and tacked on.
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