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The Palm Beach Story
UNITED STATES · 1942

The Palm Beach Story

Preston Sturges
marriage and divorce financial desperation romantic deception wealthy eccentrics marital schemes
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Synopsis

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.

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