The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner

  • Director: Ernst Lubitsch
  • Writer: Samson Raphaelson,Miklós László,Ben Hecht
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: January 12, 1940
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Shopworn Angel
  • "The Shop Around the Corner" is a comedy directed by Lu , starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan . It was released on January 12, 1940.
    The film adapted from Microtel · Laszlo creative drama of the same name, about the work in the same shop and relationship discord initiation of the hero and heroine love it by correspondence thing  .

    Details

    • Release date January 12, 1940
    • Filming locations Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

    Box office

    Gross worldwide

    $36,368

    Movie reviews

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    • By Jakayla 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      pride and Prejudice

      It turns out that romantic comedy stories have been so interesting so long ago. Unlike the comedy masters in the silent film era who used exaggerated body language and mischief to create jokes, he used the ingenious combination of words and plots to produce perfection. chemical reaction.

      In the film, the male and female protagonists are beautiful in appearance, but they don't look good to each other. Today, it is a big flag, and it is first to suppress and then to raise, all to pave...

    • By Douglas 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      Real enemy + dream lover + ignorant girl + witty uncle = a happy story that must stop at recognition~

      Very ingenious design, I didn't think of the male protagonist's strategy, nor the way the two finally recognized each other.

      The hero is very smart, haha.

      In addition, the narrative is not procrastinated at all, and the characters of the supporting characters are also very distinct, especially the boss Mr. Maddochuck.

      The two lines approached each other and experienced a trajectory of up-down-up-down-recognition.

      But to be honest, if near the end, if there is no...

    • By Jaquan 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      In this era of fast food, does love also need to be efficient?

      After watching this drama at 84 Charing Cross Street, this book and this movie have one thing in common, that is, they are not "fast food" love, they are committed to bridging the distance of space and time, and beautiful things follow churn. In real society, many things need to be efficient, but love does not. When love no longer needs to look up and look at each other, some affection will quickly depreciate without being noticed. I like the process of being calm and patient, thinking about...

    • By Libby 2022-03-24 09:03:00

      slow sound

      I don't know when it started, "fast" has become the highest state of development in this era. High-speed, high-speed rail, fast food, fast food, flash marriage, and the 4G network recently launched by China Mobile, it is said that if you forget to turn off the network at night, you will find that your house has moved in the morning! (The more popular jokes on the Internet that 4G network charges are high, and also reflect the fast network speed) It is in such a...

    • By River 2022-03-24 09:03:00

      Meet Penpals in the 1940s

      The title can sum up the film in one sentence, but I really don't know how warm it is without watching it again. Unlike modern commercial films, which used various props too much to convey information to the audience, the strongest expressive force of that era came from the superb performances of the actors and the carefully thought out lines of the screenwriter.
      The United States in 1940 was outside World War II, which was as beautiful and serene as the emotions in the film. In a small...

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    • By Roscoe 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      The characters are sharper than the new version, the plot is smoother, and the comedy is very neat and ingenious. Pressing does not represent a direct cut-in technique is particularly...

    • By Ruth 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Is Jim Stewart finally showing the men's garter belt as a benefit to the female audience back then (⊙_⊙)? In the end, Jim played the bitch like the heroine without slapping him first. Sister thinks the heroine is too...

    • By Horacio 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Christmas Eve in Budapest, the whole movie is just a grocery store, with all kinds of clerks, only Jimmy Stewart shines the most... What a warm movie, I also like the remake version of "Electronic Love...

    • By Eleanora 2022-03-27 09:01:14

      Obviously it is a bridge, but Lubitsch can create ambiguous and uncertain emotions, which is really beautiful. In addition, his ability to fool the time is also quite...

    • By Talon 2022-03-27 09:01:14

      Xiaopan said that he wanted to watch something lighthearted in the new year, so he thought of this romantic comedy by Lubitsch. The departure of paper and life, the emergence of contradictory love quietly, and the super fast speech speed like shotguns, the love at that time was really...

    Movie plot

    At the corner of Androssi Street and Barto Street in Budapest, Hungary is the Matucek store. Clark ( James Stewart ) and Clara ( Margaret Sullavan ) both work as shop assistants there, and lead an ordinary and regular life every day. This pair of colleagues who have never dealt with them since first met are full of conflicts and quarrels, but their common joy of life is to express their hearts and minds to anonymous pen pals, and they...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The film was shot completely in a linear sequence of plot development. In order to wait for the schedule of the two leading actors, the director Liu Bieqian has been delaying the filming time of the film, and even shot the film " Ninotchka " while waiting   .
    During the filming, in order to better shape the heroine Clara, Liu Bieqian put forward special requirements for the length of the skirt worn by this character. In order to...
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    Evaluation action

    The film and "You've Got Mail" Fun big difference, Lubitsch demonstrates the romantic comedy like popcorn, can be a beauty both salty and sweet taste  . (Comment by "The Guardian" film critic Peter Brashaw)
    Lubitsch film can be described as the best, most intriguing romantic comedy, on the one hand the audience sympathize with the hero of the two encounters, on the other hand, the future fate of the two in a great suspense, the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Pepi Katona: [answers the phone] Hello, Mrs. Matuschek... Yes, this is Pepi speaking... That's right... I didn't bring you that bottle of perfume? Well, you're never going to get it! What do you think of that?... Yes, this is Pepi speaking... You want to speak to Mr. Matuschek? That's too bad. At the moment, he's up in a balloon with two blondes.

      [puts his hand over the mouthpiece]

      Pepi Katona: Now watch this!

      [lifts his hand]

      Pepi Katona: You wouldn't like to speak, by any chance, to Mr. Vadas?

      [grins, then hangs up]

      Pepi Katona: That got her. Draw your own conclusions.

    • Hugo Matuschek: Mr. Kralik, l've been thinking all day about what you said this morning.

      Alfred Kralik: I'm very sorry, Mr. Matuschek. I'm afraid I lost my temper.

      Hugo Matuschek: Oh no no no, I think you were right. I... I really believe that you'd be happier somewhere else.

      Alfred Kralik: [pausing, dumbfounded] Do you think so, sir?

      Hugo Matuschek: Yes, I'm sure of it.

      Alfred Kralik: Well, I... guess there's nothing more to be said.

      Hugo Matuschek: No.

    • Pirovitch: Kralik, you're not going?

      Alfred Kralik: No, I couldn't face her tonight. See, this morning I had a position, a future. No, no. I'm afraid I sort of exaggerated in my letters. I showed off a little. She's expecting to meet a pretty important man. Well, I'm in no mood to act important tonight.