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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 | |
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Rex Evans | ... | Thomas |
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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, Junius- 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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Country:
USARelease Date:
17 January 1941 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Philadelphia Story See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USAEdit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$258,994, 18 February 2018Gross USA:
$404,524Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$411,442Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Macaulay Connor: Who told you that.
Elizabeth Imbrie: Dinah.
Macaulay Connor: Well Dinah would know.
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(1940) (uncredited)
Written by Cole Porter
Played at the party the night before the wedding
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Trivia
"Theater Guild on the Air" broadcast a 60-minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 4, 1948 with James Stewart reprising his film role. See more »Goofs
After Dexter reveals Kidd's blackmailing scheme to Tracy, he accidentally calls her Dinah. See more »Quotes
Elizabeth Imbrie: There's a cousin, Joanna, who's definitely crazy.Macaulay Connor: Who told you that.
Elizabeth Imbrie: Dinah.
Macaulay Connor: Well Dinah would know.
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I've Got My Eyes on You(1940) (uncredited)
Written by Cole Porter
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I really wasn't so much wowed by The Philadelphia Story's "story",as it were,as I was mesmerized by three of the big screen's strongest ever screen presences' interaction with one another.Katherine Hepburn,Cary Grant,and James Stewart were great (if that is even a strong enough word) individually,but together here in this film,they were absolutely out of this world.The story,quite frankly,gave me a headache overall,but I did find the ever famous "hiccup" improvisation between Stewart and Grant hysterical as it was obvious both men could barely compose themselves,but being the professionals that they were,they got it together and moved on,and that's what made the scene so entertaining.I had a great time watching.