The Philadelphia Story (1940)
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13/01/1941 (GB)
Comedy, Romance
1h 53m
- 76% (902 votes)
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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.
- George CukorDirector
- Donald Ogden StewartScreenplay
- Waldo SaltScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- journalist
- philadelphia, pennsylvania
- strong woman
- photographer
- journalism
- swimming pool
- remarriage
- hangover
- reporter
- black and white
- divorcee
- screwball comedy
- socialite
- ex-husband ex-wife relationship
- high society
- fiancé fiancée relationship
- divorced couple
- family estate
- inebriated
- imminent wedding
- kid sister
- mischievous
- tabloid journalism
- comedy of remarriage
- romantic
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
Henry Daniell
Sidney Kidd
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