1949·Comedy·1h 42m
7.1
★
Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
anonymous letter
musical
romcom
pen pals
music store
parfumerie
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Cast
Judy Garland
Veronica Fisher
Van Johnson
Andrew Delby Larkin
S.Z. Sakall
Otto Oberkugen
Spring Byington
Nellie Burke
Clinton Sundberg
Rudy Hansen
Buster Keaton
Hickey
Marcia Van Dyke
Louise Parkson
Lillian Bronson
Aunt Addie
William Bailey
Supper Club Patron (uncredited)
Chester Clute
Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)
Carli Elinor
Band Leader (uncredited)
William Forrest
Announcer (uncredited)
Crew
Robert Z. Leonard
Director
Albert Hackett
Screenplay
Frances Goodrich
Screenplay
Ivan Tors
Screenplay
Buster Keaton
Screenplay
George Stoll
Original Music Composer
Joe Pasternak
Producer
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Buster Keaton
Additional Writing
Samson Raphaelson
Original Film Writer
Randall Duell
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Popular Reviews
37 reviews
kina
8.0★ · 01/03/26
judy garland is beautiful. i don’t care was absolutely fire and CORRECT BECAUSE YEAH!!! I DONT CARE!!!
the ending was a bit silly but i had fun
the ending was a bit silly but i had fun
judy garland is beautiful. i don’t care was absolutely fire and CORRECT BECAUSE YEAH!!! I DONT CARE!!!
the ending was a bit silly but i had fun
the ending was a bit silly but i had fun
sar
8.0★ · 12/05/25
BUSTER KEATON & JUDY GARLAND IN A TEACHNICOLOUR MUSICAL??!1?1! this is the first time (i think) i’ve ever seen buster in colour & i feel shaken everytime he’s on screen, it just doesn’t feel right😭😭 i sorta feel like i should look away everytime he appears.. anyways i expected this to be similar to The Shop Around the Corner of course but i do love the 1940s version more, it has a special place in my heart!
also, i found out about this movie through a yt short & it was basically talking about how nobody else could pull off that violin gag except for buster! even though he struggled to keep up with talkies during the transition, this proves that he could’ve made it! people just expected too much from him i think 🙁 the fact that around the time this picture came out he was working as a gag writer makes me sorta sad
also, i found out about this movie through a yt short & it was basically talking about how nobody else could pull off that violin gag except for buster! even though he struggled to keep up with talkies during the transition, this proves that he could’ve made it! people just expected too much from him i think 🙁 the fact that around the time this picture came out he was working as a gag writer makes me sorta sad
BUSTER KEATON & JUDY GARLAND IN A TEACHNICOLOUR MUSICAL??!1?1! this is the first time (i think) i’ve ever seen buster in colour & i feel shaken everytime he’s on screen, it just doesn’t feel right😭😭 i sorta feel like i should look away everytime he appears.. anyways i expected this to be similar to The Shop Around the Corner of course but i do love the 1940s version more, it has a special place in my heart!
also, i found out about this movie through a yt short & it was basically talking about how nobody else could pull off that violin gag except for buster! even though he struggled to keep up with talkies during the transition, this proves that he could’ve made it! people just expected too much from him i think 🙁 the fact that around the time this picture came out he was working as a gag writer makes me sorta sad
also, i found out about this movie through a yt short & it was basically talking about how nobody else could pull off that violin gag except for buster! even though he struggled to keep up with talkies during the transition, this proves that he could’ve made it! people just expected too much from him i think 🙁 the fact that around the time this picture came out he was working as a gag writer makes me sorta sad
liv
6.0★ · 11/01/25
i’d pick buster but that’s just me 🤷♀️
i’d pick buster but that’s just me 🤷♀️
Kyle Walton
6.0★ · 08/08/25
Shop around the corner>you’ve got mail> in the good old summer time
Shop around the corner>you’ve got mail> in the good old summer time
Katherine
8.0★ · 06/08/25
Original summertime chi but it takes place during Christmas?
Original summertime chi but it takes place during Christmas?