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The Philadelphia Story (1940)

NR ★ 7.6/10 113 min Comedy, Romance United States English
Director: George Cukor
Screenplay by: Donald Ogden Stewart, Waldo Salt
Theatre Play: Philip Barry
Streaming: Not available
Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE!

Description

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.

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Top Cast

Cary Grant
Cary Grant C.K. Dexter Haven
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn Tracy Lord
James Stewart
James Stewart Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
Ruth Hussey
Ruth Hussey Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
John Howard
John Howard George Kittredge
Roland Young
Roland Young Uncle Willie
John Halliday
John Halliday Seth Lord
Mary Nash
Mary Nash Margaret Lord

The Philadelphia Story Appears on 18 Curated Movie Lists

Awards

Academy Awards: Best Actor
Academy Awards #15

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #865
AFI’S 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
American Film Institute #44
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #897
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #087
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #558

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time
BBC #38
Indiewire's Greatest Romantic Comedies Of All Time
IndieWire #01
Paste Magazines 50 Best Films Of The 1940s
Paste Magazine #04
Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #27
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #63

Filmmaker Curation

Justine Triet's List Of 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #10

Genre Curation

American Film Institutes Top 10 Romantic Films
American Film Institute #05

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1940-1949 Films
Letterboxd #48
Showdown Its Complicated
Letterboxd Showdown #07
Showdown Love Serenade
Letterboxd Showdown #19
Showdown Wedding Bells
Letterboxd Showdown #19

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine
FilmSite.org #83

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