Witty sparkling and bright adaptation of Philip Barry's hit Broadway play about the rich upper class becoming blinded to the simple joys of life. The story centers around socialite Tracy Lord (Hepburn) and husband C. K. Dexter Haven (Grant) whom she's thrown out of their Main Line mansion. Tracy is on the verge of marrying a wealthy stuffed shirt much safer than Dex whom starts trying to win Tracy's heart again. Meanwhile Mike Connor (Stewart) a tabloid reporter also falls for Tr
George Cukor's The Philadelphia Story is an epitome of stylish wit and charm, evincing Cukor's characteristic concern with class and life decisions. Katharine Hepburn plays Tracy Lord, a society heiress with a long history as a tabloid gossip mainstay, especially in regards to her angry divorce from C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant). The opening scene perfectly captures the antipathy between these two, in a quick and wordless evocation of the end of their marriage: Hepburn breaks Grant's golf club over her knee, and Grant palms her face and shoves her backwards, after first feigning a punch. But when Tracy plans to get remarried, to the nouveau-riche George Kittredge (John Howard), Dexter returns into her life, dragging with him a pair of gossip-rag journalists who he plans to introduce as friends of his. From then on, the film is a game of appearances and realities, with nothing ever quite what it seems. Dexter is seemingly out for revenge by showing up at the wedding and bringing sleazy journalists with him, but he actually has more altruistic motives in mind. And the journalists, Connor (James Stewart) and Liz (Ruth Hussey), must maintain their facades while gathering information about the Lord family. Meanwhile, Tracy sees right through her ex's ruse immediately, but is forced to accept the journalists as friends anyway, due to a blackmail plot by the tabloid's editor. Obviously, the stage is set for some hilarious madcap comedy in the classical Hollywood tradition, and Cukor doesn't disappoint in that regard. The film is a riot, even if it's less frantic than some other screwball comedies. But he also provides much deeper pleasures, in the subtle characterization that slowly brings these people from broad caricatures to complex, fully developed individuals. The emotional weave of the film culminates in a lengthy drunken conversation between Hepburn and Stewart, who develop a languid and uncertain (but no less charming) screen chemistry that provides a great contrast to the witty, fast-paced repartee between Hepburn and Grant. This is a funny, smart, and surprisingly moving film that digs deep at issues of class, and the importance of being happy in one's own skin.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Classic romantic comedy starring Katharine Hepburn Cary Grant and James Stewart Wealthy Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord (Hepburn) is set to marry the politician and businessman George Kittredge (John Howard) but her wedding plans are complicated by the arrival of her irresponsible ex-husband CK Dexter Haven (Grant) with magazine reporter Macauley Connor (Stewart) and photographer Liz Imbrie (Ruth Hussey) in tow Tracy resolves to give them a story they will never forget but finds herself re-evaluating her life choices in the process The film was remade as the musical &39;High Society&39; in 1956 starring Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra and Grace Kelly
Classic romantic comedy starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart. Wealthy Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord (Hepburn) is set to marry the politician and businessman George Kittredge (John Howard), but her wedding plans are complicated by the arrival of her irresponsible ex-husband C.K. Dexter Haven (Grant), with magazine reporter Macauley Connor (Stewart) and photographer Liz Imbrie (Ruth Hussey) in tow. Tracy resolves to give them a story they will never forget but finds herself re-evaluating her life choices in the process. The film was remade as the musical 'High Society' in 1956 starring Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Grace Kelly.
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