Feb 10th 
(National Film Theatre)   
The Shop Around the Corner*** (U)                 
(US 1940)             

The junior manager of a small Budapest department store and his feisty colleague engage in a secret pen pal correspondence that they don't realise is to each other.
Endearing romantic comedy where the charm and depth is in the supporting characters in an excellent Lubitsch ensemble. Short on visual flair or intimacy, but it's the words that matter.

Written by: Samson Raphaelson, based on the play "Parfumerie" by Nicholas Laszlo.
Producer/Director: Ernst Lubitsch.
Starring: James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Frank Morgan, Felix Bressart, Joseph Schildkraut, Sarah Harden, William Tracy, Charles Halton.
Photography: William Daniels.
Music: Werner Heymann.