The Shop Around the Corner
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| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Produced by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Written by | Play: Miklós László Screenplay: Samson Raphaelson Uncredited: Ben Hecht |
| Starring | Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Frank Morgan |
| Music by | Werner R. Heymann |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Editing by | Gene Ruggiero |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | January 12, 1940 (U.S.) |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) is a romantic comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan.[1] The screenplay was written by Samson Raphaelson based on a 1937 Hungarian play Parfumerie[2], written by Miklós László.[3] This film was ranked #28 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions. In 1999, The Shop Around the Corner was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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[edit] Synopsis
Set in and around a Budapest store, co-workers Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) and Alfred Kralik (James Stewart) hold an intense dislike for each other, while maintaining a secret letter-writing relationship, neither realizing who their pen-pal is. They fall in love via their correspondence, while being antipathic and peevish towards one another in real life. A major subplot concerns the apparent infidelity of the store owner's wife, and its spillover effect upon the various working relationships in the shop.[1]
[edit] Cast
- Margaret Sullavan – Klara Novak
- James Stewart – Alfred Kralik
- Frank Morgan – Hugo Matuschek
- Joseph Schildkraut – Ferencz Vadas
- Sara Haden – Flora Kaczek
- Felix Bressart – Pirovitch
- William Tracy – Pepi Katona
- Inez Courtney – Ilona Novotny
- Charles Halton – Detective
In an odd Hollywood turn, Rudy, the last major speaking part of the film (the newest delivery boy, offered a huge Christmas meal by Mr. Matuschek), is played by Charles Smith. In the remake, In the Good Old Summertime with Van Johnson and Judy Garland, an uncredited Charles Smith is one of the quartet singing with Judy at the engagement party.
[edit] Adaptations to Other Media
The Shop Around the Corner was dramatized in two separate half-hour broadcasts of The Screen Guild Theater, first on September 29, 1940 with Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart, second on February 26, 1945 with Van Johnson and Phyllis Thaxter. It was also dramatized as a one-hour program on Lux Radio Theater's June 23, 1941 broadcast with Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche.
[edit] Remakes
The film spawned a 1949 musical remake, In the Good Old Summertime and a 1998 remake, You've Got Mail. The Broadway musical, She Loves Me, was also inspired by the film.[1]
The British television show, Are You Being Served, was based on the comedy.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "The Shop Around the Corner", All-TIME 100 best Films, 2005.
- ^ original Hungarian title, Illatszerar, English language publication: Laslo. Miklos (1957) Parfumerie: a comedy in three acts M. Liebman Productions, New York, OCLC 31155371
- ^ Seay, James L. (2004) "Parfumerie" Theatre Reviews archives Pamphlet accessed 10 November 2008
- ^ "PBS Behind the Screen" page 271.
[edit] Further reading
- "The Shop Around The Corner". All-TIME 100 Best Films. TIME Magazine. 2005. http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/0,23220,the_shop_around_the_corner,00.html. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
- "Films Selected to The National Film Registry, Library of Congress 1989-2006". National Film Registry. National Film Preservation Foundation. http://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
- Seay, James L. (2004). "Parfumerie". Pamphlet Press. http://www.pamphletpress.org/index.cfm?sec=7&story_id=4. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
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