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irisblue

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3. You've Got Mail is an update of a 1937 play

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 03:19 PM

12 hrs ago

From the You've Got Mail wiki

..."Inspired by the 1937 Hungarian play Parfumerie by Miklós László (which had earlier been adapted in 1940 as The Shop Around the Corner and in 1949 as In the Good Old Summertime)..."

Seems unlikely to me

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Serious question - Did movies like You've Got Mail serve as [View all] malaise 14 hrs ago OP

no Climate Crusader 13 hrs ago #1

I have not heard of such, but my experience is somewhat limited. niyad 13 hrs ago #2

You've Got Mail is an update of a 1937 play irisblue 12 hrs ago #3