The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)


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Cast & Crew.

Cary Grant
C.K. Dexter Haven

Katharine Hepburn
Tracy Lord

James Stewart
Macaulay 'Mike' Connor

Ruth Hussey
Elizabeth 'Liz' 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

King Baggot
Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Hillary Brooke
Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)

Veda Buckland
Elsie (uncredited)

Lita Chevret
Manicurist (uncredited)

Russ Clark
John the Chauffeur (uncredited)

David Clyde
Mac (uncredited)

Robert De Bruce
Dr. Parsons (uncredited)

Dorothy Fay
Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)

Claude King
Uncle Willie's Butler (uncredited)

Eric Mayne
Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Florine McKinney
Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)

Lee Phelps
Bartender (uncredited)

Hilda Plowright
Librarian (uncredited)

Helene Reynolds
Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)

Mildred Shay
Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)

Joseph Sweeney
Butler (uncredited)

Sally Cleaves
Party Guest (uncredited)

Oliver Cross
Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Dick Gordon
Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)

Frank McLure
Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Paul Power
Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer
Party Guest (uncredited)

Florence Wix
Party Guest (uncredited)

George Cukor
Director

Philip Barry
Theatre Play

Donald Ogden Stewart
Screenplay

Waldo Salt
Screenplay
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Details.
Release DateDecember 5, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsPhiladelphia, United States
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The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 American romantic comedy film starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart and Ruth Hussey. Directed by George Cukor, the film is based on the 1939 Broadway play of the same name by Philip Barry about a socialite whose wedding plans are complicated by the simultaneous arrival of her ex-husband and a tabloid magazine journalist. The socialite, played by Hepburn in both productions, was inspired by Helen Hope Montgomery Scott (1904–1995), a Philadelphia heiress who had married Barry's friend.
Written for the screen by Donald Ogden Stewart and an uncredited Waldo Salt, it is considered among the best examples of a comedy of remarriage, in which a couple divorce, flirt with outsiders and then remarry. The genre was popular in the 1930s and 1940s at a time when divorce was considered scandalous and the depiction of extramarital affairs was blocked by the Production Code.
The film was Hepburn's first hit following several flops that caused her placement on a 1938 list of actors considered to be "box office poison" compiled by theater owner Harry Brandt. Hepburn starred in the play and acquired the film rights, with the help of Howard Hughes, to control it as a vehicle for her screen comeback.
Nominated for six Academy Awards, including Outstanding Production (Best Picture), the film won two: Best Actor (Stewart) and Best Adapted Screenplay. MGM remade the film in 1956 as a musical retitled High Society, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra.
The Philadelphia Story was produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1995.
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