The Palm Beach Story 1942 - Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Ru

The Palm Beach Story 1942. Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee. This screwball comedy finds married couple Tom (Joel McCrea) and Gerry Jeffers (Claudette Colbert) in a strained relationship, largely due to financial difficulties. Gerry decides to leave Tom, a struggling architect, and head to Palm Beach in order to marry a wealthy man who could fund Tom’s projects. When Tom follows Gerry, they cross paths with the quirky millionaire John D. Hackensacker III (Rudy Vallee) and his chatty, husband-seeking sister, Princess Centimillia (Mary Astor).