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The Shop Around the Corner Details

1940 Certificate U
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This 1940 romantic comedy finds James Stewart working in a small shop in Budapest and longing for a girl to call his own. His coworker, Margaret Sullavan, feels the same, and soon they are both corresponding and falling in love with their respective pen pals. What they don't realise is that they are writing to and falling in .. Read more

Starring James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Frank Morgan
Director Ernst Lubitsch
Genres Comedy, Romance

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The Shop Around the Corner

This 1940 romantic comedy finds James Stewart working in a small shop in Budapest and longing for a girl to call his own. His coworker, Margaret Sullavan, feels the same, and soon they are both corresponding and falling in love with their respective pen pals. What they don't realise is that they are writing to and falling in love with each other, but the problem is that they can't stand each other in person.

Starring James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Frank Morgan
Director Ernst Lubitsch
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Comedy, Romance
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: not available
Production year: 1940
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (3) of The Shop Around the Corner

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Shirley Temple finds work for her architect father after befriending an eccentric old millionaire in this Depression-era fable directed by Irving Cummings. The little trouper was growing up and being given excessively mature dialogue, losing much of her bubbly charm. But she sings and dances with Bill Robinson for the fourth and last time, and that's pure magic. Joan Davis and Bert Lahr lend strong support, along with Claude Gilllingwater Sr as the wealthy old codger and Charles Farrell as the father.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Teaming Stewart, Sullavan and Morgan, just as in Borzage's The Mortal Storm (made the same year), this also deals with... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Pure magic

    Forget the poor remake of this classic film - 'You've got mail', this is the original and best. Set in Matuschek's (the shop of the title) with Mr Matuschek played by the wonderful Frank Morgan. You may know him better as The Wizard of Oz!

    James Stewart is the hero of the tale, who falls in love with his penpal, who turns out to be his fellow shop assistant - and they don't get on at all! Will she still hate him when she finds out that he is her penpal?

    This is one of my all time favourite films, if you loved It's a Wonderful Life, you'll love this film.

      • A customer from England
      • Posted 13 Jan 2007 12:32

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      This 1940 romantic comedy finds James Stewart working in a small shop in Budapest and longing for a girl to call his own. His coworker, Margaret Sullavan, feels the same, and soon they are both corresponding and falling in love with their respective pen pals. What they don't realise is that they ...