ApprovedThe Shop Around the Corner

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Play Time: 99 mins
Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Shop Around the Corner

Overview:
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

Status: Released (1940-01-12)
Awards:2 wins
Screen:Samson Raphaelson, Miklós László, Ben Hecht
Productions: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
The Shop Around the Corner
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John Chard

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Ah, epistolary love, delightful. This is the story of Matuschek and Company - - of Mr. Matuschek and the people who work for him. It is just around the corner from Andrassy Street - - on Balta Street, in Budapest, Hungary. Klara Novak seeks work at Hugo Matuschek's Budapest st ....

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CinemaSerf

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Frank Morgan is super in this delightful comedy drama. His general goods store finds itself with a new employee in "Klara" (Margaret Sullavan) who has loads of new techniques and a style that manages to irk long time supervisor "Kralik" (James Stewart). What we know from early on is ....

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