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Philadelphia Story (1940)  link to Philadelphia Story on IMDb  

Number: 981

cover Philadelphia Story

IMDb Rating:
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8.0/10 (53.8K votes)

Also known as: The Philadelphia Story (original title)

Country: United States, 112 minutes

Spoken languages: English, French

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director(s): George Cukor

Storyline:
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, Junius- 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 - the wedding of the year - in return for Kidd not ...

Cast:

Cary Grant C. K. Dexter Haven
Katharine Hepburn Tracy Lord
James Stewart Macaulay Connor
Ruth Hussey Elizabeth Imbrie
John Howard George Kittredge

Medium: Original DVD, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Drawer 6 Slot 137

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3