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The Philadelphia Story (1940)  link to The Philadelphia Story on IMDb  

Number: 1700

poster The Philadelphia Story

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8.0/10 (53702 votes)

Country: USA, 112 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, French

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Director(s): Troy Miller

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
Philadelphia socialites Tracy Lord and C.K. Dexter Haven married impulsively, with their marriage and subsequent divorce being equally passionate. They broke up when Dexter's drinking became excessive, it a mechanism to cope with Tracy's unforgiving manner to the imperfect, imperfections which Dexter admits he readily has. Two years after their break-up, Tracy is about to remarry, the ceremony to take place at the Lord mansion. Tracy's bridegroom is nouveau riche businessman and aspiring politician George Kittredge, who is otherwise a rather ordinary man and who idolizes Tracy. The day before the wedding, three unexpected guests show up at the Lord mansion: Macaulay Connor (Mike to his friends), Elizabeth Imbrie - the two who are friends of Tracy's absent brother, Junius- and Dexter himself. Dexter, an employee of the tabloid Spy magazine, made a deal with its publisher and editor Sidney Kidd to get a story on Tracy's wedding - the wedding of the year - in return for Kidd not ...

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Cast:

photo Cary Grant Cary Grant C. K. Dexter Haven
photo Katharine Hepburn Katharine Hepburn Tracy Lord
photo James Stewart James Stewart Macaulay Connor
photo Ruth Hussey Ruth Hussey Elizabeth Imbrie
photo John Howard John Howard George Kittredge

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: F:\Films\The Philadelphia Story\The Philadelphia Story.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3