The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

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Movie Title: The Shop Around the Corner

Year: 1940

Writer: Samson Raphaelson (screenplay), Miklos Laszlo (play)

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

ActorCharacter
James StewartAlfred Kralik
Margaret SullivanKlara Novak
Frank MorganHugo Matuschek
Joseph SchildkrautFerencz Vadas
Sara HadenFlora
Felix BressartPirovitch
William TracyPepi Katona

Synopsis: Two employees working the holidays in a gift shop constantly butt heads but, when they each begin a correspondence romance via the newspaper, neither is aware the other one to be their anonymous sweetheart. 

Notes: Based on the 1937 Hungarian play “Illatszertar” (“Parfumerie”) – adaptations include She Loves Me (broadway) and You’ve Got Mail