The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Cary Grant	...	C.K. Dexter Haven
	Katharine Hepburn	...	Tracy Lord
	James Stewart	...	Macaulay Connor
	Ruth Hussey	...	Elizabeth 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
	Lionel Pape	...	Edward
	Rex Evans	...	Thomas

Storyline

Philadelphia socialites Tracy Lord and C.K. Dexter Haven married impulsively, with their marriage and subsequent divorce being equally passionate. They broke up when Dexter's drinking became excessive, it a mechanism to cope with Tracy's unforgiving manner to the imperfect, imperfections which Dexter admits he readily has. Two years after their break-up, Tracy is about to remarry, the ceremony to take place at the Lord mansion. Tracy's bridegroom is nouveau riche businessman and aspiring politician George Kittredge, who is otherwise a rather ordinary man and who idolizes Tracy. The day before the wedding, three unexpected guests show up at the Lord mansion: Macaulay Connor (Mike to his friends), Elizabeth Imbrie - the two who are friends of Tracy's absent brother, Junior - and Dexter himself. Dexter, an employee of the tabloid Spy magazine, made a deal with its publisher and editor Sidney Kidd to get a story on Tracy's wedding... Written by Huggo  

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