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The Philadelphia Story (1940)

NR 01/17/1941 (US) Comedy, Romance 1h 53m

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Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE!

Overview

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself. Remade as a musical in 1956 as High Society.

George Cukor

Director
Donald Ogden Stewart

Screenplay
Waldo Salt

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Top Billed Cast

Cary Grant

C.K. Dexter Haven
Katharine Hepburn

Tracy Lord
James Stewart

Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
Ruth Hussey

Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
John Howard

George Kittredge
Roland Young

Uncle Willie
John Halliday

Seth Lord
Mary Nash

Margaret Lord
Virginia Weidler

Dinah Lord
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The high-society goings-on of socialite Tracy Lord, who's about to remarry, and her ex-husband, C.K. Dexter Haven. All this could make a good news story, if the paper sends in the right man. Enter Macaulay Connor, an unassuming reporter who deals with more than his share of the crazy antics, and nearly gets married, before the film's end. This is an excellent, funny, and wholly diverting romantic comedy from that grand old director, George Cukor (one of my favorites). With three very talented, knockout stars, the film sure couldn't go wrong, and of course James Stewart snag... read the rest.

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