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The Philadelphia Story (1940) 8.0
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. Director:George Cukor |
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Cast
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| Cary Grant | ... | ||
| Katharine Hepburn | ... | ||
| James Stewart | ... | ||
| Ruth Hussey | ... | ||
| John Howard | ... | ||
| Roland Young | ... | ||
| John Halliday | ... | ||
| Mary Nash | ... | ||
| Virginia Weidler | ... | ||
| Henry Daniell | ... | ||
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Lionel Pape | ... | |
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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 - the wedding of the year - in return for Kidd not ... Written by Huggo
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Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
26 December 1940 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die Nacht vor der Hochzeit See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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(1843) (uncredited)
from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
In the score after the photographer takes the picture at the wedding
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Although George Cukor was not usually a very physical director, Katharine Hepburn incorporated some of his mannerisms into her performance. See more »Goofs
When George pays his first call upon the Lord home, he bounds down the "stone" steps, landing very heavily on the bottom one, which makes a hollow wooden noise. See more »Soundtracks
"Wedding March"(1843) (uncredited)
from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
In the score after the photographer takes the picture at the wedding
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Firstly, let me say, that I love Kate Hepburn. She's my favourite actress, and in my opinion, she can do no wrong. For this reason, I'd probably give a good rating to every movie she made.
But 'The Philadelphia Story' really does deserve wonderful praise. It's by far the most sophisticated, and in my opinion, the greatest comedy ever made, one of Kate's greatest roles. She's absolutely hilarious as Tracy Lord, bringing perfection to the role she created on the stage a year before the film, mocking, insulting and making fun out of Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant.
Her drunken scene with Stewart is pure magic and her mockery of him ('dear professor') is wonderful.
Grant and Stewart are fabulous, Stewart as the rough and tumble reporter infatuated with Tracy and Grant as the neglected ex- husband.
Ruth Hussey and Virginia Weidler are fantastic in supporting roles, and really add to the hilarity of the whole picture.
A funny, bouyant ride through the 1940's- I completely recommend it!