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.
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Margaret Sullavan
Klara Novak
James Stewart
Alfred Kralik
Frank Morgan
Hugo Matuschek
Joseph Schildkraut
Ferencz Vadas
Sara Haden
Flora
Felix Bressart
Pirovitch
William Tracy
Pepi Katona
Inez Courtney
Ilona
Sarah Edwards
Woman Customer
Edwin Maxwell
Doctor
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Screenplay
Samson Raphaelson
Tagline
"EVERY GIRL OR FELLOW WHO EVER KEPT A “BLIND DATE”"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$500,000
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
John Chard
December 28, 2019
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 initially being turned down by head clerk Alfred Kralik, she gains employment after impressing the origin...
CinemaSerf
June 23, 2022
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 engaged, enthusiastically, in a pen-pal relationship unaware of the true identities of each other - an...
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