Robert Dudley

The Palm Beach Story -- Money makes the world go 'round, or so Gerry (Claudette Colbert) believes when she divorces her struggling husband (McCrea) and supports him by marrying a millionaire.

The Palm Beach Story -- Gerry and Tom Jeffers are finding married life hard. They are about to be thrown out of their apartment when Gerry meets rich businessman who offers her $700 to start life afresh, but Tom refuses to believe her story and they quarrel. Gerry decides the marriage is over and heads to Palm Beach for a quick divorce but Tom has plans to stop her.

Woody Allen's humor is at his wild and bizarre best in this story of a "weird-gadget" tester who, after being jilted by his girlfriend (Louise Lasser), ends up as president of a tiny country where absurdity reigns.

Woody Allen's humor is at his wild and bizarre best in this story of a "weird-gadget" tester who, after being jilted by his girlfriend (Louise Lasser), ends up as president of a tiny country where absurdity reigns.

When bumbling product-tester, Fielding Mellish (Allen) is jilted by his girlfriend, Nancy (Louise Lasser), he heads to the tiny republic of San Marcos for a vacation only to become kidnapped by rebels! Once the band of rebels seizes power, their leader goes crazy, and they replace him with Mellish, thinking he can save the country. But when Mellish is nabbed by the FBI, he is put on trial for subversion and in a side-splitting courtroom show-down including the most hilarious self-cross examination ever.

A public-opinion pollster (James Stewart) thinks he's struck gold when he stumbles upon the "magic town" of Grandview, a place where residents' opinions mirror the nation's as a whole. But Grandview's crusading newspaper editor (Jane Wyman) is doing her best to change all that. Complications ensue when the two adversaries begin falling in love despite their differences -- a minor miracle, statistically speaking.

Cass Brown (Gary Cooper) is about to marry for the second time; his first marriage, to Isabel (Teresa Wright), was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel just had their baby, Cass kidnaps the infant to keep her from being adopted. Isabel's parents hunt for the child and discover that Cass and Isabel are still hopelessly in love. Patricia Collinge and Edmund Breon co-star in this classic comedy.

This is the story of the romance, the defeat and the triumph of Dr. William Morton (Joel McCrea), the Boston dentist who over a century ago discovered anesthesia. Also starring Betty Field, William Demarest, and Harry Carey; the film (based on the book by René Fülöp-Miller) is written and directed by Preston Sturges.

This is the story of the romance, the defeat and the triumph of Dr. William Morton (Joel McCrea), the Boston dentist who over a century ago discovered anesthesia. Also starring Betty Field, William Demarest, and Harry Carey; the film (based on the book by René Fülöp-Miller) is written and directed by Preston Sturges.

Money makes the world go 'round, or so Gerry (Claudette Colbert) believes when she divorces her struggling husband (McCrea) and supports him by marrying a millionaire.

Gerry and Tom Jeffers are finding married life hard. They are about to be thrown out of their apartment when Gerry meets rich businessman who offers her $700 to start life afresh, but Tom refuses to believe her story and they quarrel. Gerry decides the marriage is over and heads to Palm Beach for a quick divorce but Tom has plans to stop her.

Money makes the world go 'round, or so Gerry (Claudette Colbert) believes when she divorces her struggling husband (McCrea) and supports him by marrying a millionaire.