Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre
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The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
(Ernst Lubitsch, US 1940, 99 min., 35mm)
It is a rare moment in cinema when the characters on the screen perfectly reflect those who are sitting in the theater watching them. But such is the case with this charming human comedy set in a small leather goods shop in Budapest and starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullivan as rival coworkers who unwittingly carry on a letter romance. Remade as the musical In the Good Old Summertime with Judy Garland and Van Johnson, then again for the rom-com age as You’ve Got Mail with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, this story has proven timeless throughout film history.