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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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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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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.

John C. Mosher, New Yorker
Fresh

Every time Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart connect in a scene, we hear the happy ding! of quality champagne crystal.

Mark Bourne, Film.com
Fresh

The smarties are going to relish Philadelphia Story a lot more than the two-bit trade...

Herb Golden, Variety
Fresh

George Cukor gives it the royal treatment with a splendid supporting cast...

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

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.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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