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The Philadelphia story
Philadelphia story (Motion picture).
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A sophisticated screwball comedy, rife with smart dialogue, the Philadelphia Story centers on the society event of the season: the second marriage of icy, judgmental, moneyed socialite Tracy Lord t...
A sophisticated screwball comedy, rife with smart dialogue, the Philadelphia Story centers on the society event of the season: the second marriage of icy, judgmental, moneyed socialite Tracy Lord to nouveau riche George Kittredge. Her first husband, suave and devilish C.K. Dexter Haven, complicates matters by finagling wedding invitations for incognito reporter Mike Connor and his photographer Liz Imbrie, to do a tell-all exposé. But Haven's motives for giving the tabloid access to Tracy's big day may not be as mercenary and mean-spirited as they first appear.
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- Creator
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screen play by Donald Ogden Stewart ; produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz ; directed by George Cukor
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Cukor, George, 1899-1983
- Mankiewicz, Joseph L
- Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1894-1980
- Grant, Cary, 1904-1986
- Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003
- Stewart, James, 1908-1997
- Hussey, Ruth, 1911-2005
- Howard, John, 1913-1995
- Young, Roland, 1887-1953
- Halliday, John, 1880-1947
- Nash, Mary, 1884-1976
- Weidler, Virginia, 1926-1968
- Heeley, David
- Kramer, Joan
- Pollack, Sydney, 1934-2008
- Schickel, Richard
- Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945
- Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967, composer
- Barry, Philip, 1896-1949. Philadelphia story
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Loew's Incorporated
- Turner Entertainment Co
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Publication
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- Two-disc special edition
- Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2005]
- ©2005
- Physical Details
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- 2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 0790795760, 9780790795768
- OCLC
- ocm58044894
- Credits
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- Cary Grant (C.K. Dexter Haven), Katharine Hepburn (Tracy Lord), James Stewart (Macaulay Connor), Ruth Hussey (Elizabeth Imbrie), John Howard (George Kittredge), Roland Young (Uncle Willie), John Halliday (Seth Lord), Mary Nash (Margaret Lord), Virginia Weidler (Dinah Lord)
- Director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg ; film editor, Frank Sullivan ; musical score, Franz Waxman ; gowns by Adrian
- Based on the play by Philip Barry produced by the Theatre Guild, Inc.
- Originally released as an American motion picture in 1940.
- DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital sound ; standard version presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition.
- In English, with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- Bonus material is not closed-captioned.
- Special features: Disc 1 Commentary by Jeanine Basinger [optional audio feature]; George Cukor trailer gallery (32 min.); Awards [text feature]; -- Disc 2: Katherine Hepburn "All about me" / written by David Heeley, Joan Kramer, Katharine Hepburn ; produced by Joan Kramer, David Heeley ; directed by David Heeley [featurette] (1992) (70 min.) -- The men who made the movies: George Cukor / narrator, Sydney Pollack ; producer, writer, director, Richard Schickel [featurette] (2001) (55 min.) -- That inferior feeling / starring Robert Benchley [short] (9 min.) -- The homeless flea [cartoon] (8 min.) -- Victory Theater broadcast 07/20/1942 [audio feature] (58 min.) -- Lady Esther Screen Guild Playhouse broadcast 03/17/1947 [audio feature] (30 min.)