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The Philadelphia Story ()

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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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  • Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations.
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C. K. Dexter Haven
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Tracy Samantha Lord
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Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
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Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
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George Kittredge
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Uncle Willie
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Seth Lord
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Margaret Lord
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Dinah Lord
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Sidney Kidd
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Edward
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Thomas
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Elsie (uncredited)
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Russ Clark ...
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Sally Cleaves ...
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Mac (uncredited)
Oliver Cross ...
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Robert De Bruce ...
Dr. Parsons (uncredited)
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Uncle Willie's Butler (uncredited)
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Lee Phelps ...
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Hilda Plowright ...
Librarian (uncredited)
Paul Power ...
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Helene Whitney ...
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Directed by

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George Cukor

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Donald Ogden Stewart ... (screen play)
 
Philip Barry ... (based on the play by)
 
Waldo Salt ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz ... producer

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Franz Waxman ... (musical score)

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Joseph Ruttenberg ... director of photography

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Frank Sullivan

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Cedric Gibbons

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Edwin B. Willis ... (set decorations)

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Adrian ... (gowns)

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Sydney Guilaroff ... hair stylist
Jack Dawn ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Keith Weeks ... production manager (uncredited)

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Edward Woehler ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Wade B. Rubottom ... associate art director
Clarence J. Falk ... greens supervisor (uncredited)

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director
Tom Gunn ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Leo Arnaud ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab ... orchestrator (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Philadelphia socialites Tracy Lord and C.K. Dexter Haven married impulsively. Their marriage and subsequent divorce are equally passionate. They broke up when Dexter's drinking, a mechanism to cope with Tracy's unforgiving manner toward Dexter's imperfections, became excessive. Two years after their break-up, Tracy is about to remarry in a ceremony at her family's mansion. Her new bridegroom is nouveau-riche businessman and aspiring politician George Kittredge, who is otherwise an ordinary man who idolizes Tracy. The day before the wedding, three unexpected guests show up at the Lord mansion: Macaulay Connor (Mike to his friends) and Elizabeth Imbrie, both friends of Tracy's absent brother Junior, and Dexter. Dexter now works for the tabloid Spy magazine and 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 publishing a salacious story with accompanying photographs of Tracy's father, Seth Lord, with New York showgirl Tina Marra. In reality, Mike and Liz are the reporter and photographer for Spy. Mike and Liz don't particularly like this assignment or working for Kidd, but their chosen other fields as serious writer and painter don't pay the bills. A suspicious Tracy is onto them, and when Dexter admits the truth, she decides to turn the tables on Mike and Liz. But hours before the wedding, as the more self-assured Dexter and Liz get to work on how to get the Lords out from under Spy's threats, Tracy and Mike, both inebriated, go on a journey of self-discovery with Tracy ultimately coming to her realizations a little faster than Mike. Written by Huggo

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Also Known As
  • Indiscrétions (France)
  • Die Nacht vor der Hochzeit (Germany)
  • Històries de Filadèlfia (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Historias de Filadelfia (Spain)
  • 费城故事 (China, Mandarin title)
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  • 112 min
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Budget $944,000 (estimated)

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Trivia The film was shot in eight weeks, and required very few retakes. During the scene where James Stewart hiccups when drunk, you can see Cary Grant looking down and grinning. Since the hiccup wasn't scripted, Grant was on the verge of breaking out laughing and had to compose himself quickly. Stewart (apparently spontaneously) thought of hiccuping in the drunk scene, without telling Grant. When he began hiccuping, Grant turned to Stewart, saying, "Excuse me." The scene required only one take. See more »
Goofs As Connor and Tracy exit the library, the boom mic is reflected on the windshield of Tracy's car. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972). See more »
Soundtracks Lydia, the Tattooed Lady See more »
Quotes Tracy Lord: The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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