# The greatest comedy of all time was made in 1940, according to Bradley Cooper: “It felt innovative”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-greatest-comedy-of-all-time-was-made-in-1940-according-to-bradley-cooper-it-felt-innovative/
- Published: 2026-10-26T14:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T08:27:49+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1940-movie-bradley-cooper-greatest-comedy-ever/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Bradley Cooper calls *The Shop Around the Corner* his favourite comedy.
- The 1940 film pairs workplace rivalry with an anonymous pen-pal romance.
- Its humour and themes influenced later romantic comedies.

## Summary

Bradley Cooper has named Ernst Lubitsch’s 1940 film *The Shop Around the Corner* his favourite comedy, praising the way its humour and separate storylines come together. His choice highlights how a relatively under-recognised classic helped shape romantic-comedy conventions that still resonate.

James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan play Budapest shop employees who bicker as colleagues while unknowingly falling for each other through anonymous letters. The film uses sharp dialogue, misunderstandings and dramatic irony, while also exploring money worries and loneliness at work. Its premise later echoed in films such as *You’ve Got Mail* and *The Lake House*.

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