The Shop Around the Corner

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The Shop Around the Corner is a classic 1940 romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, celebrated for its witty dialogue and tender portrayal of anonymous pen-pal lovers who unknowingly work together in the same shop.

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instanceOf American film
film
romantic comedy film
basedOn Parfumerie
basedOnWorkBy Miklós László
castMember Felix Bressart
Frank Morgan
Inez Courtney
James Stewart
Joseph Schildkraut
Margaret Sullavan
Sara Haden
William Tracy
cinematographer William H. Daniels
colorProcess black-and-white
composer Werner R. Heymann
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Ernst Lubitsch
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editor Gene Ruggiero
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
filmingTechnique live action
filmLocation Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
surface form: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
genre comedy
romance film
romantic comedy
hasCharacter Alfred Kralik
Hugo Matuschek
Klara Novak
hasIMDbId tt0033045
influencedWork In the Good Old Summertime
You’ve Got Mail
mainSubject anonymous correspondence
pen-pal romance
narrativeLocation leather-goods shop
notableFor tender portrayal of romance
witty dialogue
originalLanguage English
plotSummary Two co-workers who dislike each other in person are unaware they are anonymous pen-pal lovers.
productionCompany Loew's Inc.
surface form: Loew's Incorporated

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1940-01-12
releaseYear 1940
runtimeMinutes 99
screenwriter Samson Raphaelson
setting Budapest
Hungary

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Samson Raphaelson notableWork The Shop Around the Corner
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Samson Raphaelson notableWork The Shop Around the Corner
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Samson Raphaelson notableWork The Shop Around the Corner
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Joseph Schildkraut performedIn The Shop Around the Corner
Ernst Lubitsch directed The Shop Around the Corner
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Margaret Sullavan notableWork The Shop Around the Corner
Harry Hayden notableWork The Shop Around the Corner
Francis Phillip Wuppermann appearedIn The Shop Around the Corner
this entity surface form: The Shop Around the Corner (1940 film)