The Palm Beach Story [1942] - Preston Sturges, Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor (Blu-ray - 1/20/2015) [Criterion Collection]

This wild tale of wacky wedlock from Preston Sturges (THE LADY EVE) takes off like a rocket and never let's up. Joel McCrea (SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS) and Claudette Colbert (IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT) play Tom and Gerry, a married New York couple on the skids, financially and romantically. With Tom hot on her trail, Gerry takes off for Florida on a mission to solve the pair's money troubles, which she accomplishes in a highly unorthodox manner. A mix of the witty and the utterly absurd, The Palm Beach Story is a high watermark of Sturges's brand of physical comedy and verbal repartee, featuring sparkling performances from it's leads as well as hilarious supporting turns from Rudy Vallee and Mary Astor as a brother and a sister ensnared in Tom and Gerry's high jinks.

Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed

Product Details
Actors: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor
Directors: Preston Sturges
Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct)
DVD Release Date: January 20, 2015
Run Time: 88 minutes

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• New interview with writer and film historian James Harvey about director Preston Sturges
• New interview with actor and comedian Bill Hader about Sturges
• Safeguarding Military Information, a 1942 World War II propaganda short written by Sturges
• Screen Guild Theater radio adaptation of the film from March 1943
• PLUS: An essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek

Cast & Crew
Claudette Colbert Gerry Jeffers
Joel McCrea Tom Jeffers
Mary Astor Princess Centimillia
Rudy Vallée John D. Hackensacker III
William Demarest Members of Ale & Quail Club
Sig Arno Toto
Robert Warwick Mr. Hinch
Robert Dudley Wienie King
Franklin Pangborn Manager
Jack Norton Second Member Ale and Quail Club
Esther Howard Wienie King Wife
Jimmy Conlin Mr. Asweld
George Anderson The Gent
Harry Hayden Prospect
Monte Blue Doorman
Dewey Robinson Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club
Esther Michelson Near-sighted woman
Torben Meyer Dr. Kluck
Robert Greig Third Member Ale and Quail Club
Roscoe Ates Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
John Farrell MacDonald O'Donnell
Julius Tannen Proprietor of Store
Arthur Stuart Hull Mr. Osmond
Victor Potel Mr. McKeewie
Chester Conklin Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club
Sheldon Jett Members of Ale and Quail Club
Arthur Hoyt Pullman Conductor
Al Bridge Conductor
Fred "Snowflake" Toones Bartender
Charles Moore Porter
Frank Moran Brakeman
Harry Rosenthal Orchestra Leader
Wilson Benge Steward
Frank Faylen Taxi driver
Byron Foulger Jewelry salesman
John Holland Best man
Mantan Moreland Waiter in Diner
Harry Tyler Gateman at Penn Station
Max Wagner Rough-looking comic
Edward McNamara Officer in Penn Station
Howard Mitchell Man in Apartment
Keith Richards Shoe Salesman

Technical Credits
Preston Sturges Director,Screenwriter
Hans Dreier Art Director
Ernst Fegte Art Director
Stuart Gilmore Editor
Irene Costumes/Costume Designer
Paul Jones Producer
Harry Lindgren Sound/Sound Designer
Victor Milner Cinematographer
Walter Oberst Sound/Sound Designer
Wally Westmore Makeup
Victor Young Score Composer