Four-Star Films : ‘The Palm Beach Story’
This is Preston Sturges’ irresistible screwball comedy and is not one to miss. Joel McCrea and Claudette Colbert (pictured), Rudy Vallee and Mary Astor make up a set of intersecting triangles that have more points than a porcupine. The settings are New York, Palm Beach and points between--mostly on a train that’s been taken over by the orgiastic rowdies of the immortal Ale and Quail Club. Co-starring the usual Sturges crowd (AMC Monday at 3 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.).
Other selected four-star film airing this week:
Stagecoach / AMC, Sunday, 2 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.
Double Indemnity / Disney, Sunday, 10 p.m.
MASH / TMC, Monday, l0:35 p.m., Saturday, 11:05 a.m.
The Big Sleep / Showtime, Tuesday, 9:15 a.m.
His Girl Friday / TMC, Thursday, 7:10 p.m.
The 39 Steps (1935) / Bravo, Thursday, 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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