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The Shop Around the Corner
Summary: Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Release Date: February 16, 1940
Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
Runtime: 1 h 39 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Country: United States
Language: English
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