History Film / TheShopAroundTheCorner

* TranslationConvention: They live in Hungary, after all.

A classic 1940 RomanticComedy from legendary director Creator/ErnstLubitsch, starring Stewart and Margaret Sullavan as bickering department store co-workers who are also ([[ObliviousToLove unbeknownst to them]]) pen pals in love. Set in Budapest, Hungary, since it was based on the play ''Parfumerie'' by Hungarian author Miklós László.

* RunningGag: "Now, {{BlatantLies I want your honest opinion]]."

* RunningGag: "Now, I want your honest opinion."
** Also, Pirovich always walks in on Matuschek saying that, and immediately walks back out.

* JerkAss: Vadas, and to a lesser extent Pepi.

** To be fair, although the shop just happens to be where her correspondent works, Kralik makes a special effort to persuade her that they don't have an opening, and it's only when she demonstrates her awesome powers as a sales clerk that Matuschek yields and hires her.

* TwoPersonLoveTriangle

* TranslationConvention: They are Hungarian, after all.

-->'''Klara''': Mr. Kralik, I don't like you.

* TheComicallySerious: A Lubitsch trademark, in that everyone in the film is this, except for SmugSnake Vadas (who isn't actually funny but who is always smirking.) Critic David Thomson notes that Alfred and Klara in particular are almost entirely humourless, which just makes them funnier.

* HiddenDepths: Alfred is brusque and businesslike, and Klara can be blunt, but they're both deeply sensitive people underneath their exteriors.
* HotAndCold: Klara to Alfred. One of the most well known early examples in fiction (Type 2 to be exact), [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when she said she read a book that tells her that if you [[KickTheDog treat a man like a dog]] he'll be eating out of your hand but all he did [[TheDogBitesBack was return the favor]].

* InternalReveal: When Klara finally finds out who her Dear Friend is.

* ShapedLikeItself: Why Klara likes the music box.
-->'''Klara''': Well, cigarettes and music, I don't know. It makes me think of moonlight. And cigarettes, and music.

* StoodUp: Alfred didn't intend to stand Klara up--but he loses his job. And then she's particularly cruel to him at the restaurant after he comes in and sits at her table. So he goes home without revealing himself. Klara takes being Stood Up very badly.

* TheThirties: Technically from 1940, but the feeling is much more Depression-era '30s than WWII-era '40s: Matuschek worries about money, Klara desperately needs a job, and Kralik is less than overjoyed by the prospect of having to look for another one. (The play on which it was based premiered in 1937.)

* XanatosSpeedChess: How Klara manages to get a job with Matuschek. She sees a customer examining the cigarette box and pretends to be a clerk, commenting that it's a lovely box. The customer asks if it's a candy box, and Klara, seeing that the customer wants it to be one, says that it is. She then opens it, demonstrating that it plays a tune. The customer thinks that this is a terrible idea. ("Imagine, every time you take a piece of candy, you have to listen to that song.") Klara agrees, but says that that's precisely what's ''good'' about it; noticing that the customer herself is a bit overweight, she says "There's no denying that we all have a weakness for candy" and explains that they designed the box in such a way that it plays a tune to remind you that you're about to eat yet another piece ("This little box makes you candy-conscious.") The customer asks how much it is, and Klara quotes her a price which is more than they were planning to sell it at, adding that it's reduced from twice as much again. The customer buys it. Klara gets hired.

A classic 1940 RomanticComedy from legendary director Creator/ErnstLubitsch, starring Stewart and Margaret Sullivan as bickering department store co-workers who are also ([[ObliviousToLove unbeknownst to them]]) pen pals in love. Set in Budapest, Hungary, since it was based on the play ''Parfumerie'' by Hungarian author Miklós László.

* TheThirties: Technically from 1940, but the feeling is much more Depression-era '30s than WWII-era '40s. (The play on which it was based premiered in 1937.)

* XanatosSpeedChess: How Klara manages to get a job with Matuschek. She sees a customer examining the cigarette box and pretends to be a clerk, commenting that it's a lovely box. The customer asks if it's a candy box, and Klara, seeing that the customer wants it to be one, says that it is. She then opens it, demonstrating that it plays a tune. The customer thinks that this is a terrible idea. ("Imagine, every time you take
a piece of candy, you have to listen to that song.") Klara agrees, but says that that's precisely what's good about it; she notes that everyone eats too much candy (the customer herself is a bit overweight) and the box plays a tune to remind you that you're about to eat yet another piece ("This little box makes you candy-conscious.") The customer asks how much it is, and Klara quotes her a price which is more than they were planning to sell it at, adding that it's reduced from twice as much again. The customer buys it. Klara gets hired.

* DatingServiceDisaster: Two anonymous pen pals fall in love with each other without realizing that they hate each other in real life.

* {{Fainting}}: Klara collpases when she learns that Mr. Kralic is now managing the store.

* GoldDigger: Mr. Vadas, who seems to be bleeding Mrs. Matuschek (and thus her husband) for money and favors.

* HiddenDepths: Alfred is brusque and businesslike, and Klara is kind of bitchy, but they're both deeply sensitive people underneath their exteriors.

-->'''Pepi:''' Doctor - did I call you a pill-peddler?

* InterruptedSuicide: Mr. Matuschek with a gun (interrupted by Pepi) when he finds out his wife has been [[MistakenForCheating cheating on him with Mr. Vadas instead of Mr. Kralik (as he originally suspected)]]; his attempt is, arguably, out of guilt of false accusation and firing of his best employee more than the infidelity itself. Though when he returns from the hospital, the bittersweet pain in his eyes at being welcomed "Home" by his employees indicates he's now aware that the workplace truly had become where he spent most his time, not with his spouse.

* InterruptedSuicide: Mr. Matuschek with a gun (interrupted by Pepi) when he finds out his wife has been [[MistakenForCheating cheating on him with Mr. Vadas instead of Mr. Kralik (as he originally suspected)]]; his attempt is, arguably, out of guilt of false accusation and firing of his best employee more than the infidelity itself.

Remade in 1949 as ''In The Good Old Summertime'', a {{Musical}} version starring Creator/JudyGarland and set in Chicago in TheGayNineties. Adapted as TheMusical ''Theatre/SheLovesMe'' on Broadway in 1963. Remade again in 1998 as ''[[YouveGotMail You've Got Mail]]'' with Creator/TomHanks and MegRyan, with that newfangled technology like ''email'' and ''instant messaging''.

A classic 1940 RomanticComedy from legendary director Creator/ErnstLubitsch, starring Creator/JimmyStewart and Margaret Sullivan as bickering department store co-workers who are also ([[ObliviousToLove unbeknownst to them]]) pen pals in love. Set in Budapest, Hungary, since it was based on the play ''Parfumerie'' by Hungarian author Miklós László.

* TheThirties: Technically from 1940, but the feeling is much more Depression-era '30s than WWII-era '40s.

Remade in 1949 as ''In The Good Old Summertime'', a {{Musical}} version starring Creator/JudyGarland and set in Chicago in TheGayNineties. Adapted as TheMusical ''SheLovesMe'' on Broadway in 1963. Remade again in 1998 as ''[[YouveGotMail You've Got Mail]]'' with Creator/TomHanks and MegRyan, with that newfangled technology like ''email'' and ''instant messaging''.

Remade in 1949 as ''In The Good Old Summertime'', a {{Musical}} version starring JudyGarland and set in Chicago in TheGayNineties. Adapted as TheMusical ''SheLovesMe'' on Broadway in 1963. Remade again in 1998 as ''[[YouveGotMail You've Got Mail]]'' with Creator/TomHanks and MegRyan, with that newfangled technology like ''email'' and ''instant messaging''.

A classic 1940 RomanticComedy from legendary director Creator/ErnstLubitsch, starring JamesStewart and Margaret Sullivan as bickering department store co-workers who are also ([[ObliviousToLove unbeknownst to them]]) pen pals in love. Set in Budapest, Hungary, since it was based on the play ''Parfumerie'' by Hungarian author Miklós László.

* BillingDisplacement: Margaret Sullavan actually gets top billing over Creator/JimmyStewart.
** At the time of this film's release, Sullavan was seen as an older established star and Stewart (despite having appeared in some hit films such as ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington'') was still the up-and-coming actor rather than the icon he would be in the postwar era.

-->'''Pepi:''' I'm a contact man. I keep contact between Matuschek & Co and the customers - on a bicycle.\\
'''Doctor:''' You mean an errand boy.\\
'''Pepi:''' Doctor - did I call you a pill-peddler?

-->'''Matuschek''': Rudy, do you like chicken noodle soup?\\

'''Rudy''': I certainly do, Mr. Matuschek.\\
'''Matuschek''': And what would you think of roast goose stuffed with baked apples, and fresh boiled potatoes in butter, and some red cabbage on the side, huh?\\
'''Rudy''': I'd love it!\\
'''Matuschek''': And then some cucumber salad with sour cream...\\
'''Rudy''': Oh, Mr. Matuschek!

-->'''Doctor:''' It appears to be an acute epileptoid manifestation and a pan phobic melancholiac with indication of a neurasthenia cords.\\
'''Pepi:''' Is that more expensive than a nervous breakdown?

* MeanBoss: Mr. Matuschek crosses into this a little bit through the early part of the movie, although he undergoes something of a HeelFaceTurn after surviving his suicide attempt.

A classic 1940 RomanticComedy from legendary director Creator/ErnstLubitsch, starring JamesStewart and Margaret Sullivan as bickering department store co-workers who are also ([[ObliviousToLove unbeknown to them]]) pen pals in love. Set in Budapest, Hungary, since it was based on the play ''Parfumerie'' by Hungarian author Miklós László.

A classic 1940 RomanticComedy from legendary director Creator/ErnstLubitsch, starring JamesStewart and Margaret Sullivan as bickering department store co-workers who are ([[ObliviousToLove unbeknown to them]]) pen pals in love. Set in Budapest, Hungary, since it was based on the play ''Parfumerie'' by Hungarian author Miklós László.

A classic 1940 RomanticComedy from legendary director Creator/ErnstLubitsch, starring JamesStewart and Margaret Sullivan as bickering co-workers who are ([[ObliviousToLove unbeknown to them]]) pen pals in love. Set in Budapest, Hungary, since it was based on the play ''Parfumerie'' by Hungarian author Miklós László.