Title: The Philadelphia Story
Runtime: 112 Min
Year: 1940
Genres: Comedy - Romance
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, King Baggot, Hillary Brooke, Veda Buckland, Lita Chevret, Russ Clark, David Clyde
Directed By: George Cukor
PLOT
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...
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English - French
Writers: Donald Ogden Stewart (screenplay), Philip Barry (play), Waldo Salt contributing writer (uncredited)
Awards:
1941- Academy Awards, USA (Oscar)
-Best Actor in a Leading Role James Stewart (WON)
-Best Writing, Screenplay Donald Ogden Stewart (WON)
-Best Actress in a Leading Role Katharine Hepburn (NOMINATED)
-Best Actress in a Supporting Role Ruth Hussey (NOMINATED)
-Best Director George Cukor (NOMINATED)
-Best Picture Joseph L. Mankiewicz (M-G-M). (NOMINATED)
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