The Shop Around the Corner
Starring: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Writer: Samson Raphaelson, Ben Hecht
Producer: Ernst Lubitsch
The Shop Around the Corner is a 1940 American romantic comedy-drama film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, and Joseph Schildkraut.
Trivia
- Based on Parfumerie (1937 play by Miklós László).
- Ernst Lubitsch purchased the rights to Miklós László's play Parfumerie in 1938.
- According to Variety, Lubitsch initially planned to create a film adaptation of the play working with Myron Selznick.
- After Steffie Trondle translated the play into English, Lubitsch worked with screenwriter Samson Raphaelson to write the script from 1938 to 1939.
Previous Showings
31 Runs • 21 Festivals
47,142 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (February 4, 1940)
Original Run: February 4, 1940 (Sunday - Tuesday)
All runs on record (31):
- February 4, 1940 (Sunday - Tuesday)James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan
- February 27 - March 1, 1988 · 0 ticketsw/ Ninotchka, The Mark of Zorro (1940), Blood and Sand, Golden Boy
- June 13 - 14, 1990 · 560 ticketsw/ The Mortal Storm
- February 22 - 26, 1992 · 1,369 ticketsw/ Cluny Brown
- December 18 - 23, 1993 · 2,284 ticketsw/ The Philadelphia Story
- December 21 - 23, 1994 · 592 ticketsw/ The Wizard of Oz
- December 21 - 23, 1995 · 760 ticketsw/ The Wizard of Oz
- February 19 - 22, 1998 · 924 ticketsMovie Listing Guide February 1998w/ Ninotchka
- December 11 - 23, 1998 · 6,741 ticketsRomantic Comedy Seriesw/ Miracle on 34th Street
- September 2 - 3, 1999 · 1,534 ticketssummer99w/ The Philadelphia Story
- December 28, 1999 · 381 ticketsw/ The Wizard of Oz, The Philadelphia Story, Sabrina
- December 22 - 23, 2000 · 960 ticketsHoliday 2000w/ The Bishop's Wife
- December 20 - 23, 2002 · 1,320 ticketsFall Folliesw/ Miracle on 34th Street
- December 17 - 23, 2004 · 2,608 ticketsBrandow/ Miracle on 34th Street
- December 19 - 23, 2005 · 1,824 ticketsFall2005w/ Miracle on 34th Street
- December 21 - 23, 2006 · 941 tickets20th Century-Fox 2006w/ A Christmas Carol (aka Scrooge)
- December 21 - 23, 2007 · 1,539 ticketsFall 2007 The Films of Frank Capra, plus other favoritesw/ The Bishop's Wife
- December 19 - 23, 2008 · 2,933 ticketsHumphrey Bogart Also, Holiday Favoritesw/ The Wizard of Oz
- December 20 - 23, 2009 · 1,714 tickets20th Anniversary Festivalw/ Miracle on 34th Street
- December 21 - 23, 2010 · 2,099 ticketsFall 2010 Featuring film noir every Thursday and Fridayw/ The Wizard of Oz
- December 21 - 23, 2011 · 1,895 ticketsFall 2011w/ The Wizard of Oz
- December 19 - 23, 2014 · 1,884 ticketsNovember–December 2014, plus The Ten Commandmentsw/ Heaven Can Wait
- December 21 - 23, 2015 · 1,497 ticketsFox Studios through 1935 Including Silent Sundays every Sunday afternoon at 2 PMw/ The Wizard of Oz
- December 19 - 23, 2016 · 1,681 ticketsAstaire and Rogers plus The Marx Brothersw/ The Wizard of Oz
- March 18 - 19, 2017 · 886 ticketsBritish and Lubitschw/ Ninotchka
- December 18 - 23, 2017 · 1,343 ticketsw/ The Wizard of Oz
- December 21 - 23, 2018 · 1,415 ticketsLaurel & Hardy, plus Christmas filmsw/ Meet Me in St. Louis
- December 21 - 22, 2019 · 1,509 tickets80 Years Ago in This Theatre: The Films of 1939w/ The Wizard of Oz
- December 21 - 23, 2023 · 2,250 ticketsHoliday Favorites plus Deanna Durbinw/ The Wizard of Oz
- December 20 - 22, 2024December 2024w/ Miracle on 34th Street
- December 20 - 23, 2025 · 1,699 ticketsw/ Meet Me in St. Louis