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The Philadelphia Story

7.6

Released December 05, 1940Runtime 1h 53min

Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE!

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.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

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Cast

Cary GrantC.K. Dexter Haven

Katharine HepburnTracy Lord

James StewartMacaulay 'Mike' Connor

Ruth HusseyElizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie

John HowardGeorge Kittredge

Roland YoungUncle Willie

John HallidaySeth Lord

Mary NashMargaret Lord

Virginia WeidlerDinah Lord

Henry DaniellSidney Kidd

Lionel PapeEdward

Rex EvansThomas

King BaggotWedding Guest (uncredited)

Hillary BrookeMain Line Society Woman (uncredited)

Veda BucklandElsie (uncredited)

Lita ChevretManicurist (uncredited)

Russ ClarkJohn the Chauffeur (uncredited)

David ClydeMac (uncredited)

Robert De BruceDr. Parsons (uncredited)

Dorothy FayMain Line Society Woman (uncredited)

Claude KingUncle Willie's Butler (uncredited)

Eric MayneWedding Guest (uncredited)

Florine McKinneyMain Line Society Woman (uncredited)

Lee PhelpsBartender (uncredited)

Hilda PlowrightLibrarian (uncredited)

Helene ReynoldsMain Line Society Woman (uncredited)

Mildred ShayMain Line Society Woman (uncredited)

Joseph SweeneyButler (uncredited)

Sally CleavesParty Guest (uncredited)

Oliver CrossWedding Guest (uncredited)

Dick GordonWedding Guest (uncredited)

Sam HarrisParty Guest (uncredited)

Frank McLureWedding Guest (uncredited)

Paul PowerWedding Guest (uncredited)

Ellinor VanderveerParty Guest (uncredited)

Florence WixParty Guest (uncredited)

Crew

George CukorDirector

Edward WoehlerAssistant Director

Waldo SaltScreenplay

Donald Ogden StewartScreenplay

Philip BarryTheatre Play

Joseph L. MankiewiczProducer

Keith WeeksProduction Manager

Sydney GuilaroffHairstylist

AdrianCostume Design

Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer

Cedric GibbonsArt Direction

Jack DawnMakeup Artist

Edwin B. WillisSet Decoration

Joseph RuttenbergDirector of Photography

Frank SullivanEditor

Leonid RaabOrchestrator

Leo ArnaudOrchestrator

Douglas ShearerRecording Supervision

Wade B. RubottomAssistant Art Director

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Reviews

My, it's yar. The high-society goings-on of socialite Tracy Lord, who's about to remarry, and her ex-husband, C.K. Dexter Haven. All this could make a good news story, if the paper sends in the right man. Enter Macaulay Connor, an unassuming reporter who deals with more than his share of the c...

by Filipe Manuel Neto

**A film that has qualities, but that has also been overvalued over the decades.** This was certainly one of the most interesting films of 1940, a time when the world was more attentive to the development of the war in Europe than to what was done by the actors. Based on a play that had great su...

Katharine Hepburn is on splendid form in this story of a wealthy spoilt brat, who is about to embark on her nuptials - second time around. This time, it's the rather fastidious "Kittredge" (John Howard) she has selected. This man is a far cry from her previous husband "Dexter-Haven" (Cary Grant), b...