The Shop Around the Corner

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.

Cast

Margaret Sullavan

as Klara Novak

James Stewart

as Alfred Kralik

Frank Morgan

as Hugo Matuschek

Joseph Schildkraut

as Ferencz Vadas

Sara Haden

as Flora

Felix Bressart

as Pirovitch

William Tracy

as Pepi Katona

Inez Courtney

as Ilona

Sarah Edwards

as Woman Customer

Edwin Maxwell

as Doctor

Reviews

John Chard

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 store, after initi...

CinemaSerf

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 that both are en...

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