Search results
Jan 20, 2021 · The Philadelphia Story was released 80 years ago this month. Gregory Wakeman explores how the comedy deals with sensitive modern issues through the prism of quips, barbs – and sexual tension.
Nov 7, 2017 · The Philadelphia Story is a wordy film, but Cukor’s direction of stars was always easy and natural. He follows the flow of Hepburn’s impossibly slim, tall body moving around rooms and lawns that Tracy has known all her life, and the rattle of all that dialogue flows right along with her.
Mar 1, 2005 · by Jeremiah Kipp. March 1, 2005. She’s a haughty and demanding Philadelphia heiress; he’s an arrogant playboy. The Katharine Hepburn-Cary Grant pairing in The Philadelphia Story pits these two forces against one another. Those scenes highlight their effortless charisma and singular uniqueness. One could see the film as the story of a free ...
Katharine Hepburn is the snooty daughter of a wealthy Philadelphia family and about to marry for the second time. Things get hilariously complicated when her...
Art director. Cedric Gibbons. Gowns by. Adrian. Editor. Frank Sullivan. Producer. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With this furiously witty comedy of manners, Katharine Hepburn revitalized her career and cemented her status as the era’s most iconic leading lady—thanks in great part to her own shrewd orchestrations.
The Philadelphia Story. 1940 · 1 hr 53 min. TV-14. Comedy · Romance. On the eve of her wedding, a wealthy woman gets caught in a bind when her ex-husband and a handsome reporter make an appearance in her life. Subtitles: English. Starring: Cary Grant Katharine Hepburn James Stewart Ruth Hussey John Howard Roland Young John Halliday Mary Nash ...
The Philadelphia Story (1940) is an intelligent, sophisticated, classic romantic comedy-farce (part screwball) of love and marriage, human growth and class distinctions. Its screenplay is a witty, sparkling, and bright adaptation of Philip Barry's Broadway hit play. (The play opened in late March 1939 and ran for a full year with more than 400 ...
