The Palm Beach Story (1942)

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.

Genres: Comedy, Romance

What to watch after The Palm Beach Story

• The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943) — Same feel: cheerful, fun
• The Lady Eve (1941) — Same subject: money, screwball comedy
• Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) — Same subject: screwball comedy, comedy of remarriage
• The More the Merrier (1943) — Joel McCrea appears in both
• Twentieth Century (1934) — Preston Sturges wrote for both
• Remember the Night (1939) — Preston Sturges wrote for both