The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 romantic screwball comedy starring James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Based on the play of the same name by Philip Barry, the film is about a bride-to-be whose plans are complicated by the simultaneous arrival of her cynical but romantic ex-husband (Grant), and a cynical but romantic journalist (Stewart). The film co-starred Ruth Hussey, Mary Nash, Roland Young, Virginia Weidler and Henry Daniell. It was remade in 2005 at the Old Vic in London, directed by Kevin Spacey.

Synopsis

Tracy Lord (Hepburn), is a wealthy Philadelphian socialite who divorces her husband, C.K. Dexter Haven (Grant), and is about to marry newly-wealthy George Kittredge (John Howard). However, their wedding preparations are interrupted by tabloid reporters, Macaulay Connor (Stewart) and Elizabeth Imbrie (Hussey) seeking an exclusive wedding story. In exchange for letting Spy Magazine write a piece about the wedding, the magazine agrees not to run a piece it had planned to write about Tracy's father's philandering ways. As the wedding nears, Tracy finds herself torn between the affections of Macaulay, Dexter and George.

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Philadelphia - John Howard

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