The Philadelphia Story

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

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 52 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: November 9, 2010
  • Originally Released: 1940
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1940 - Best Actor: James Stewart
Academy Awards 1940 - Best Adapted Screenplay: Donald Ogden Stewart

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 47,099
Rating: 9/10 -- For a comedy of manners, The Philadelphia Story is awfully screwball. Full Review
PopMatters
Jan 15, 2018
The film is a Hepburn triumph, and moviegoers who resent the theatre's habit of requisitioning their stars may feel that Miss Hepburn's time on the stage has not been spent in vain and that she simply prepared herself for this achievement. Full Review
New Yorker
Dec 16, 2013
Here is a movie that lovers of good dialogue will not stop applauding. [Full review in Spanish] Full Review
Cine-Mundial
Sep 16, 2019
In short, The Philadelphia Story lifts the daily drudge into a charming never-never land, with complete footnotes excusing its existence. And besides, it's a good, entertaining show. Full Review
TIME Magazine
Apr 23, 2009
With such a cast and with the sharp cleverness that is the guideline of the film, it's not surprising to say that few times we have had so much fun in the cinema. [Full review in Spanish] Full Review
Cine-Mundial
Sep 16, 2019
Rating: 5/5 -- Utterly beguiling, funny and romantic ... Full Review
Guardian
Feb 12, 2015
Stewart won an Oscar, as did the screenplay, which crackles.
Uncut
Jul 1, 2005

Product Description:

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY boasts an incredible cast, but it's Katharine Hepburn's picture in more ways than one. Tracy Lord (Hepburn), a Philadelphia heiress, is about to marry coal-company executive George Kittridge (John Howard). The wedding, promising to be the season's premier event, attracts the attention of magazine publisher Sidney Kidd (Henry Daniell), who sees it as an opportunity to break a story. Spy magazine's Dexter Haven (Cary Grant), Lord's ex-husband, is enlisted to "gain access" to the party, along with top scandal writer Macauley Connor (James Stewart, in an Oscar-winning role). However, the reporter is quickly smitten by the bride's charms--and he's not the only one. The film, based on the play by Phillip Barry, was first a Broadway sensation starring Hepburn, who acquired the screen rights, claimed the starring role, and chose the director, screenwriter, and lead cast. In addition to fine work by Grant and Stewart, notable supporting performances are delivered by Ruth Hussey and Virginia Weidler. One of nine films Hepburn made with director George Cukor, it remains one of the classics of their collaboration and of American cinema.

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  • Sales Rank: 123,545
  • UPC: 883929152544
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