Adapted from a play by Nikolaus László – which would also later serve as the inspiration for IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME (1949) and YOU’VE GOT MAIL (1998) – Ernst Lubitsch’s THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940) stars Margaret Sullavan and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree James Stewart in the sweet story of contentious coworkers engaged in an anonymous romantic correspondence, earning a place on the American Film Institute’s list of cinema’s great love stories.
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