Synopsis
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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Cast
- Cary GrantC.K. Dexter Haven
- Katharine HepburnTracy Lord
- James StewartMacaulay 'Mike' Connor
- Ruth HusseyElizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
- John HowardGeorge Kittredge
- Roland YoungUncle Willie
- John HallidaySeth Lord
- Mary NashMargaret Lord
- Virginia WeidlerDinah Lord
- Henry DaniellSidney Kidd
Recommendations
- 100
The Guardian
Utterly beguiling, funny and romantic. - 100
Slant Magazine
Add Hepburn’s persona, beautifully explored here in all its wonder, and Stewart’s likeability, and George Cukor’s sensible, subtle, and lovingly unrushed direction of a firecracker script…the result is a studio picture far deeper and richer than its whimsical surface style might lead you to believe. - 100
The Telegraph
Mercifully, The Philadelphia Story then transmogrifies into one of the smartest, sassiest - and sexiest - movies ever. - 100
The New York Times
Provided you have a little patience for the lavishly rich, which these folks are, you should have great fun at The Philadelphia Story. For Metro and Director George Cukor have graciously made it apparent, in the words of a character, that one of the "prettiest sights in this pretty world is the privileged classes enjoying their privileges." And so, in this instance, you will too. - 100
Time Out
A delight from start to finish, with everyone involved working on peak form. - 90
Chicago Reader
George Cukor gives it the royal treatment with a splendid supporting cast. - 90
Time
The result of all this high-priced maladjustment is terribly funny, terribly upper class. No one could have written it better than Plahywright Barry, who has written it often ("Holiday," "The Animal Kingdom," et al.)...It's a good, entertaining show. - 80
Empire
Excellent casting, a great storyline and a shrp script mean that this remains a classic of the genre and one of Katherine Hepburn's best roles.
