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.
The Philadelphia Story
Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE!
1940 · 1h 53m · Approved
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
George Cukor
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The Philadelphia Story
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- George Cukor Director
- Cary Grant as C. K. Dexter Haven
- Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord
- James Stewart as Macaulay Connor
- Ruth Hussey as Elizabeth "Liz" Imbrie
- John Howard as George Kittredge
- Roland Young as Uncle Willie
- John Halliday as Seth Lord
- Mary Nash Cast
- Virginia Weidler Cast
- Henry Daniell Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Every time Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart connect in a scene, we hear the happy ding! of quality champagne crystal.
The smarties are going to relish Philadelphia Story a lot more than the two-bit trade...
George Cukor gives it the royal treatment with a splendid supporting cast...
Cukor and Donald Ogden Stewart's evergreen version of Philip Barry's romantic farce, centreing on a socialite wedding threatened by scandal, is a delight from start to finish, with everyone involved working on peak form.
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