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The Philadelphia Story

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The Philadelphia Story

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Summary

Classic comedy starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart. The preparations for the wedding of socialite Tracy Lord to wealthy company executive George Kittredge are turned upside down by the arrival of playboy CK Dexter Haven, Lord's first husband.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Andrew Collins

Fans of the musical remake High Society who haven't seen this classic, all-talking, no-dancing original might wish to remedy that. In order to reverse her reputation as "box-office poison" Katharine Hepburn shrewdly bought the rights to the Broadway play (written for her by Philip Barry) in which she had been a hit. With old pal George Cukor as director and a hand-picked cast, this film was a success. In it, her society girl is engaged to John Howard's executive dullard; her ex-husband Cary Grant turns up with information about an imminent press scandal, while a rival publication's reporter (James Stewart) finds his class-war cynicism melting away as he falls for Hepburn. There's more to it than that, but just sit back and enjoy romantic comedy at its most sublime.

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Cast

rolenameCK Dexter HavenCary GrantTracy Samantha LordKatharine HepburnMacaulay "Mike" ConnorJames StewartElizabeth ImbrieRuth HusseyGeorge KittredgeJohn Howard (1)Uncle WillieRoland YoungSeth LordJohn HallidayMargaret LordMary NashDinah LordVirginia WeidlerSidney KiddHenry DaniellEdwardLionel PapeThomasRex Evans

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rolenameDirectorGeorge Cukor

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Theatrical distributor

BFI Films

Released on

2015-02-13

Languages

English | French

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Black and white

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