(Ernst Lubitsch, US 1940, 97 min., 35mm)

Just in time for the holidays comes this warm-hearted and charming human comedy. At Christmastime in Budapest, in a leather goods shop owned by Frank Morgan, rival employees James Stewart and Margaret Sullivan unwittingly carry on a letter romance. While they think they detest each other, the young couple have already fallen in love. The inevitable remake, You’ve Got Mail, doesn’t hold a candle to this still sparkling classic.