The Shop Around the Corner
“EVERY GIRL OR FELLOW WHO EVER KEPT A “BLIND DATE””
1940•NR•1h 39m•8.1•Released
ComedyDramaRomance
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Writer
Samson Raphaelson
Budget
$1M
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Margaret Sullavan
Klara Novak
James Stewart
Alfred Kralik
Frank Morgan
Hugo Matuschek
Joseph Schildkraut
Ferencz Vadas
Sara Haden
Flora
Felix Bressart
Pirovitch
William Tracy
Pepi Katona
Inez Courtney
Ilona
Sarah Edwards
Woman Customer
Edwin Maxwell
Doctor
Charles Halton
Detective
Charles Smith
Rudy
Charles Arnt
Policeman (uncredited)
Joan Blair
Customer (uncredited)
Mary Carr
Grandmother (uncredited)
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
Ernst Lubitsch
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