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The Shop Around The Corner (1940) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #TheShopAroundTheCorner
Alfred Kralik (James Stewart) and Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) are employees at Matuschek and Company, a general store in Budapest. Klara and Alfred are constantly at odds with each other, butting heads and disagreeing on almost everything. Both are enamored of their respective pen pals, who serve as welcome distractions in their lives. Little do they know, they are each the other's pen pal and, despite outward differences, have unwittingly fallen in love through their letters.
Directed By Ernst Lubitsch
Starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
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[@Ajuhdnis]

"Well! You certainly treated me like a dog" "Yes. But instead of licking my hand, you barked" The repartees in this movie are simply top notch.

[@zekeashton2999]

instablaster...

[@MrElliotc02]

"Are those real diamonds? Well, pretty near". Perfect Jimmy Stewart

[@williammooney8499]

What a great scene and the Chemistry between these two can't be missed. Stewart looks superb in that suit and overcoat, and Margaret was a doll.

[@robbi1467]

"There were moments, in the stock room,when u could have swept me off my feet."

[@mariakim3064]

Such great acting! An old classic where pen pals fall in love, not knowing that they are actually each other's coworkers in the same shop. Mr. Kralik inadvertently finds out first that Clara Novak is his pen pal, but he doesn't disclose it right away, and he plays along for a while until the end. The knowing looks and glances on his part, his gulping when she discloses that she was once attracted to him and he could have swept her off her feet in the shop stock room, the staring at his beloved while she is still oblivious...subtle and yet you can feel the hearts pumping with love. He definitively tells her she will be engaged, because he is the one who will be asking for her hand in marriage...yet she is extremely puzzled - "How do you know?" Classic masterpiece.

[@meyay5757]

She is astonishingly wrong, he is absolutely "a particularly attractive type of man".

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

I thought he was much more attractive in his older years. Around mid 30s to 40.

[@dr.zahraasaad8644]

Indeed he is a very attractive man adding to that his soothing lovely voice and his tender eyes.

[@moirad3895]

I love this movie so much 😍😍😭😭

[@radioheadtv3131]

She is so straight forward nice👍🏻

[@onlocksam]

Louise Brooks told Kevin Brownlow that her favorite actress (“the person I would be if I could be anyone”) was Margaret Sullavan, mainly because of her voice, which Brooks described as “exquisite and far away, almost like an echo,” and, again, as “strange, fey, mysterious-like a voice singing in the snow.” - from the Louise Brooks profile by Kenneth Tynan in The New Yorker.

[@josephpaul4548]

Jimmy Stewart is just brilliant here, and in every scene.

[@Andrea-cx9sv]

Yes I agree, I just watched this for the first time a few months ago. Excellent actor

[@pennypiper7382]

I’m learning so much just by reading the comments👍

[@bjklein444]

"I found myself falling for you..." 😍

[@annasigersmark9910]

such a great christmas movie

[@johannaledesma5301]

Their chemistry is perfect throughout the entire film. And now we no longer have these types of films anymore, which is always sad for those of us who really love good cinema.

[@geoffharris9396]

So sad that Margaret Sullavan took her own life. It's said Stewart loved her in real life and even proposed to her !

[@richardbullis6263]

Not true. Jimmy Stewart was good friends with both of her ex husbands Henry Fonda and Leland Hayward. He also was the godfather to her three children. He loved her like a friend and colleague.

[@marvel096]

Richard Bullis it is said they actually had an affair while she was married with Fonda but ended it cause he was his friend. And even of his daughters said after her death he was never the same.

[@sunny_zeddy_cy]

I believe he worshiped her. She was the first real actress he knew, she was highly intelligent, very talented, she was sporty, had her pilot license, had some power with the studios, and as a young man of 23-24-25 James Stewart just worshiped her including romantically. I mean he gave up a princeton scholarship (for a Masters in architecture) to follow her (and henry fonda and others). It could not have *only* been the glitter of the footlights that drew him away from a high class education and assured financial security. No I think his worshiping her was a huge factor in his decision. Then in california they lived close to each other, and she got him some of his best early roles. Maybe at that time in her life, she liked being 'worshiped'. I think its very likely things the lines crossed for these two, from friendship to romance and back. Studio life was quite hedonistic and incestuous back in the 1930s. And the big-whigs encouraged this behaviour so as to have something to hold against the actors. And yes Margaret probably did string him along, help his career and give him friendship and affection, but she wouldn't marry him because in the 1930s James Stewart didn't yet have any huge power. One thing seems certain, he never worshiped another actress. Later on, how could they have gotten over such a close relationship that had lasted years, considering they must have treated each other quite affectionately (in either or both friendship or romance)

[@acdragonrider]

marvel096 The definition of a good, loyal friend. Too many men especially these days don’t give an F about loyalty and just give into their emotions and feelings, having sex with this person or that one. And movies don’t mind making it a thing: Last Picture Show, Y Tu Mama También.

[@stevenlight5006]

Who can understand suicide?

[@francinebarr1204]

The Sweetest Movie 💋💋Jimmy 💕💕

[@montecarlo9952]

grande film, penso di averlo visto 6 o 7 volte.

[@alicewonderland649]

What is he waiting for!!!!!

[@yolamontalvan9502]

Why aren’t these movies in the public domain? Should I wait til 2060 or 2080 to see them for free?

[@lukenarlee8118]

LOL! Yeah, seriously...

[@karenhere9327]

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