The Palm Beach Story News

FOUR FACES WEST is a relatively unsung gem of a Western which deserves to find a wider audience.

CORNERED MOON is a very early example of the "crazy family" Depression-era screwball comedy, a genre which hit its peak a few years later with MY MAN GODFREY .

I MET HIM IN PARIS reunites Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas, stars of the 1935 comedy SHE MARRIED HER BOSS .

Movies about the business of making movies can often be dark, cynical affairs, with Sunset Boulevard as the ultimate classic example.

LET'S MAKE IT LEGAL is a fun "divorce comedy," following in the footsteps of films such as PRIVATE LIVES , AFFECTIONATELY YOURS , and NEVER SAY GOODBYE .

Jack Norton was born in Brooklyn in 1889 with the given name of Mortimer J. Naughton.

Here is this week's list of the editor's choice of things to do: FRIDAY, AUG. 7, 2009 Eat and be entertained: A variety of appetizers, wine sampling and live entertainment from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Mercato, 9118 Strada Place, Naples.

Season 5, Episode 1 of 1 : Preston Sturges, the creator of eight dazzling, completely distinctive comedies during a four-year period at Paramount, was, along with Orson Welles, the reigning Hollywood genius of the 1940s.

Here is this week's list of the editor's choice of things to do: FRIDAY, AUG. 7, 2009 Eat and be entertained: A variety of appetizers, wine sampling and live entertainment from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Mercato, 9118 Strada Place, Naples.

Here is a little midweek treat, showing next Monday, and again at the end of the month, at London's BFI Southbank as part of its Passport to Cinema strand.

FILM: THE PALM BEACH STORY Wednesday, July 1st 6 PM Community Room Basement of Children's Library This event is handicapped accessible.