Philadelphia Story (1940)
poster Philadelphia Story
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Also known as:The Philadelphia Story (original title)

Country:United States, 112 minutes

Spoken languages:English, French

Genres:Comedy, Romance

Director(s):George Cukor

Writer(s):Donald Ogden Stewart

Video Codec:H.264

Number: 981

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:

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

Medium: Original DVD, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Drawer 6 Slot 137

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3