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The Shop Around the Corner (1940) -- Two bickering co-workers fall in love as anonymous pen pals in this trailer.

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Release Date:
12 January 1940 (USA) more
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Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realizing that they're falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal. full summary | full synopsis
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1 win more
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Oozes With Charm more (100 total)

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99 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:Approved (certificate #5967) | Canada:G (video rating) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U
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In the Book "Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise", Ernst Lubitsch called this film "the best picture I ever made in my life." more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Pirovitch is trying to talk Klara into letting him buy the "Ochi Chornya" cigarette case, he says he wouldn't want to "spend a nickel" on his brother-in-law. Since the film is set in Hungary, and every other reference to money is in Hungarian currency, there is no reason Pirovitch would use a phrase involving an American coin, which phrase (as well as the coin) would likely be unknown to him. more
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[Alfred Kralik has just disclosed to Klara Novak that he is her anonymous pen pal]
Alfred Kralik: Are you disappointed?
Klara Novak (Miss Novak): Psychologically, I'm very confused... But personally, I don't feel bad at all.
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33 out of 37 people found the following review useful.
Oozes With Charm, 14 November 2005
9/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

The cast really helps make this a pleasant surprise and a cut above the normal man-vs.-woman-argue-all-the-time-but-wind up-in love-type of Hollywood screwball romance/comedy.

I usually don't go for those type of films and that tiresome storyline but this one was refreshing, fun to watch, and oozes with charm.

Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan play off each other well and make a very handsome couple. The supporting cast is outstanding - from the always-likable Felix Bressart to the villain Joseph Schildkraut.

Frank Morgan also plays one of the most interesting characters I've ever seen him do in his career. He takes the film and turns it around into a whole different mood for awhile when something dramatic happens to him. That "twist" is another reason this film rises above others of its kind.

Once again, when a film has a good mix of categories, it usually succeeds. This is a great example of that. In this movie, it's romance, comedy and drama and it's well done. I'll take this over the re-make "You've Got Mail," any day. No comparison.

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