Though James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan also starred together in NEXT TIME WE LOVE, THE MORTAL STORM, and THE SHOPWORN ANGEL, their best pairing is this classic romance directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Here the stars play two sales clerks in a Budapest shop who dislike each other, but inadvertently fall in love while corresponding as pseudonymous pen pals.THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER was later remade as the Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan romantic comedy YOU'VE GOT MAIL, but it's hard to compare to the beauty and simplicity of the original.

Lubitsch's charming and gentle romance, set in Budapest.
Klara Novak and Alfred Kralik have fallen in love -- but if they were to pass each other on the street, they wouldn't know: they've met only as pen-pals, and haven't even signed the letters with their real names. So when Klara applies for a job in the shop where Alfred works as head clerk, he turns her down cold... until his boss overrules the decision and takes Klara on.
As the two continue their loving correspondence, they embark on a combative personal relationship. Will the hostilities cease when the truth comes to light? Or will their hopes for romance be destroyed forever?

THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1999.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Dual Layer
Additional Release Material:
Featurette - 1. THE MIRACLE OF SOUND (Includes Ernst Lubitsh footage)
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
2. IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME
3. YOU'VE GOT MAIL
Text/Galleries:
Production Notes

James Stewart: American actor,THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
Margaret Sullavan: American Actress
Frank Morgan: American character actor, THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
Sara Haden: American Actress
Joseph Schildkraut: Character Actor
Felix Bressart: Actor, SWANEE RIVER
William Tracy: American Actor
Inez Courtney: American Actress
Charles Halton: Actor, worked with Wilder, Lubitsch, and Wyler, '10s-'50s
Charles Smith: Star, '40s-'60s, played Dizzy Stevens in HENRY ALDRICH films

Ernst Lubitsch: German Director, TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)

Ernst Lubitsch: German Director, TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)

Samson Raphaelson: Screenwriter/Playwright

Werner Richard Heymann: German Composer\20s-50s

Gene Ruggiero: