This wild tale of wacky wedlock from preston sturges the lady eve takes off like a rocket and never lets up'. '.strtoupper('j')oel mccrea sullivan's travels and claudette colbert it happened one night play tom and gerry, a married new york couple on the skids, financially and romantically'. '.strtoupper('w')ith tom hot on her trail, gerry takes off for florida on a mission to solve the pair's money troubles, which she accomplishes in a highly unorthodox manner'. '.strtoupper('a') mix of the witty and the utterly absurd, the palm beach story is a high watermark of sturges's brand of physical comedy and verbal repartee, featuring sparkling performances from its leads as well as hilarious supporting turns from rudy vallee and mary astor as a brother and a sister ensnared in tom and gerry's high jinks.special edition featuresnew 4k digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the blu raynew interview with writer and film historian james harvey about director preston sturgesnew interview with actor and comedian bill hader about sturgessafeguarding military information, a 1942 world war ii propaganda short written by sturgesscreen guild theater radio adaptation of the film from march 1943plus an essay by critic stephanie zacharek