The Shop Around the Corner
EVERY GIRL OR FELLOW WHO EVER KEPT A “BLIND DATE”
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.
- Director
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Humour
Who's in it
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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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Box Office & Release
- Budget
- $500,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- Release date
- Jan 12, 1940
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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