The Palm Beach Story

7.013

88 minutes

8/28/1942

Overview

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

Cast List

Claudette Colbert
as Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
Joel McCrea
as Tom Jeffers
Mary Astor
as The Princess Centimillia
Rudy Vallee
as John D. Hackensacker III
Sig Arno
as Toto
Robert Warwick
as Mr. Hinch
Arthur Stuart Hull
as Mr. Osmond
Torben Meyer
as Dr. Kluck
Jimmy Conlin
as Mr. Asweld
Victor Potel
as Mr. McKeewie
William Demarest
as First Member Ale and Quail Club
Jack Norton
as Second Member Ale and Quail Club
Robert Greig
as Third Member Ale and Quail Club
Roscoe Ates
as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
Dewey Robinson
as Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club
Chester Conklin
as Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club
Sheldon Jett
as Seventh Member Ale and Quail Club
Robert Dudley
as Wienie King
Franklin Pangborn
as Manager
Arthur Hoyt
as Pullman Conductor
Al Bridge
as Conductor
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
as Colored Bartender
Charles R. Moore
as Colored Porter
Frank Moran
as Brakeman
Harry Rosenthal
as Orchestra Leader
Esther Howard
as Wife of Wienie King
Frank Faylen
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Officer O'Donnell (uncredited)
Edward McNamara
as Officer in Penn Station (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
Marcelle Corday
as Elderly Maid (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Gerry's Maid of Honor/Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Max Wagner
as Tom's Best Man (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
as Store Employee (uncredited)