The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE!
1940 · NR · 1h 53m · Comedy, Romance
Genres: Comedy, Romance
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
Writers: Donald Ogden Stewart, Waldo Salt
Music by: Franz Waxman
Cinematography: Joseph Ruttenberg
Editor: Frank Sullivan
Box office: $3M · Rated 7.6/10 by 1008 viewers
Cast
Cary Grant as C.K. Dexter HavenKatharine Hepburn as Tracy LordJames Stewart as Macaulay 'Mike' ConnorRuth Hussey as Elizabeth 'Liz' ImbrieJohn Howard as George KittredgeRoland Young as Uncle WillieJohn Halliday as Seth LordMary Nash as Margaret LordVirginia Weidler as Dinah LordHenry Daniell as Sidney KiddLionel Pape as EdwardRex Evans as ThomasMore like this
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