I LOVE this movie! - The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Discussion

[–] csu16387 20 years ago

I love this movie as well. It's one of my favorites. William Tracy, who plays Pepi, cracks me up in this one. Margaret Sullivan and James Stewart play off each other wonderfully. The ending is also great. I'm glad the rating is so high. Maybe it will be in the top 250 in the future.

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

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[–] hanna_barbera007 20 years ago

absolutely fantastic. I find Pepi really funny. The Sullivan/Stewart tandem really pulled it off quite impressively! The ending was so romantic. :)

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[–] selahfirst 19 years ago

The script and especially the dialouge is so well blended between the actors!
What a well written story!!

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[–] jellybean1440 19 years ago

It was on Turner Classic Movies last night so I decided to watch it because You've Got Mail is based on it (which is one of my favorites). I now have another favorite

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[–] eve_arden 19 years ago

Me too! So well acted, well directed, funny and touching. Not too sweet at all, rather very ahead of its time in style. Lubitsch knew exactly what he was doing.

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[–] tinandally 19 years ago

Another version of this story is In the Good Old Summertime with Judy Garland, or so my mother says. I have not seen it yet, but can't wait.

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[–] alleahna-1 19 years ago

That is correct, with Judy Garland and Van Johnson. This, the original, works far better than the two remakes. It's a charming film about average people and their lives, gentle, tender, funny, well acted and well written. Been one of my favorites for a long time and I always watch it when it's on TCM if I can.

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[–] MEEdmo42 19 years ago

In The Good Old Summertime, Van Johnson was very good (of course, not a Jimmy Stewart), but to me Judy Garland always looked a little bit "not well". Rather gaunt and overdone. But she did have a great voice. I loved S.Z. Sakal as the store owner and Spring Byington as the one who cares about him. Buster Keaton was also in this one. The story is almost exactly the same but of course there is more music in it. (At the end, when the main characters are walking through the park with their little girl, the little girl is Liza Minelli) I noticed there are 3 movies with this title but it is the 1949 version.

Mary

"Believe in the magic of your dreams"

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[–] ravikotaru 19 years ago

Truely, fantastic movie. I saw it long back on TCM and am still trying to get a copy of it as my cable provider has stopped beaming TCM.

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[–] basketball-bub 19 years ago

I think this movie is wonderful. There are only a few movies i can watch, rewind, watch, rewind, etc. and this is one of them! I love Jimmy, who couldn't, just the face and the voice and his whole....way...i dunno! But, i'm not quite as big a fan of Sullivan, somethin about the pouty lip thing she has goin the whole time. But i luv this movie...its a good one

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[–] noveltylibrary 17 years ago

Ya, I know what you mean about MS...I sorta wish someone else were in her role.

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[–] Chwelve 17 years ago

It took me a couple viewings before I stopped begrudging Sullavan's rather unique voice and looks and instead fell absolutely in love with her. What a wonderful film this is!

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[–] brite_n_bubbly 17 years ago

This was the first James Stewart movie that I'd ever seen and it sprung my obsession with him. I finally bought it on amazon.ca last week and am eagerly anticipating it in the mail!

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[–] Arisuta 17 years ago

I Just bought this DVD in Japan and it cost $5, which I thought was really cheap. There are no extras on it and everything is original, including the crackly soundtrack, but never mind, the movie magic transports you away from any flaws and into pre-war Budapest and among those wonderful characters. Absolutely love it.

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[–] navywife6276 17 years ago

Charming movie, vastly better than "You've Got Mail." It has become a pre-Christmas tradition to watch this in our home, along with "It's a Wonderful Life," another classic with James Stewart.

I admittedly have a soft spot in my heart for these romantic stories...anytime I hear 'Ochi Tchornya', this film immediately comes to mind, and I now have a fondness for this tune. (Wish our neighborhood had a shop like Matuschek's-maybe I'd buy a music box, too!).

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[–] lizcarlo87 9 years ago

It's one of my favorites as well. Jimmy and Margaret have such sweet chemistry.

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[–] aryo-ro 9 years ago

Its such a great movie. I just saw it and all I can say is it is well written,well directed and well acted movie.

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[–] guigukn 9 years ago

Sublime movie. It's so beautiful I cried twice...and it's a comedy!

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