It's the turn of the century Chicago. Veronica Fisher (Judy Garland) and Andrew Delby Larkin (Van Johnson) have a wrong-bird meet-cute. She gets a job at the music store where he works. They do not get along. Unbeknownst to both, they are anonymously writing letters to each other.
So this is You've Got Mail. It's a musical version of The Shop Around the Corner (1940). The music store makes it easy to transform it into a musical. The only minor step down is Van Johnson. He's a perfectly serviceable leading man but the other two versions have James Stewart and Tom Hanks. Both are all-timers. They are the perfect everyman. Van Johnson is not at that level. They already have Judy Garland. They're half way there.
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