The Philadelphia Story (1940)

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The Philadelphia Story

ORIGINAL TITLE

The Philadelphia Story

YEAR

1940

RUNNING TIME

112 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

George Cukor

SCREENWRITER

Donald Ogden Stewart & Waldo Salt (Play: Philip Barry)

COMPOSER

Franz Waxman

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Joseph Ruttenberg (B&W)

CAST

Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, John Howard, Roland Young, John Halliday, Mary Nash, Virginia Weidler, Henry Daniell, Lionel Pape, Rex Evans

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); Producer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

AWARDS

1940: 2 Academy Awards: Best Actor (James Stewart), Adapted Screenplay. 6 Nominations

GENRE

Comedy. Romance | Romantic comedy. High comedy. Weddings

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn) is a wealthy Main Line Philadelphia socialite who had divorced C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) and is about to marry nouveau riche George Kittredge (John Howard). Wedding preparations are complicated when she is blackmailed by publisher Sidney Kidd (Henry Daniell) into granting an exclusive story to tabloid reporter Macaulay "Mike" Connor (James Stewart) and photographer Elizabeth "Liz" Imbrie (Ruth Hussey). In exchange, Spy magazine agrees to refrain from exposing the antics of Tracy's philandering father Seth (John Halliday). As the wedding nears, Tracy finds herself torn between Mike, Dexter and George.

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