The shop around the corner 1940 - Charming Hungarian story wrapped up with an American ribbon

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IMDB rating: 8,1

Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Main Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut

"The Shop Around the Corner is adapted from the Hungarian play by Nikolaus (Miklos) Laszlo. The movie is one of the screen's best romantic comedies, and an excellent example of the subtle humor and wry character interplay that marked the films of director Ernst Lubitsch. The plot - likeable people (James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan) who are antagonists in real life but also anonymous pen pals are infatuated with each other - is ripe with comic potential, but Lubitsch takes the material further, including several bittersweet subplots that give the film richness and texture. The supporting performances are first-rate, particularly Frank Morgan and Joseph Schildkraut, and the film has the classy look that was a hallmark of MGM films of this era. Directed with comic delicacy by Lubitsch, this was later remade in 1949 as In the Good Old Summertime, and in 1998 as You've Got Mail. It was also musicalized as the 1963 Broadway production She Loves Me." - www.allmovie.com

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