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The Philadelphia Story (1940)
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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. Director:George CukorWriters:Donald Ogden Stewart (screen play), Philip Barry (based on the play by), and 1 more credit » |
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Mary Nash | ... | |
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Virginia Weidler | ... | |
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Henry Daniell | ... | |
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Lionel Pape | ... | |
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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, Junior - 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... Written by Huggo
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Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE! See more »Parents Guide:
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USARelease Date:
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Die Nacht vor der Hochzeit See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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(1940) (uncredited)
Written by Cole Porter
Played at the party the night before the wedding See more »
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Revealing mistakes: When Tracy and Dexter are talking about the information that Kidd has on her father, Dexter hands her pictures and the story of her father and the dancer, Teena Mara. After Tracy shuffles through the paper multiple times, there doesn't seem to be anything written, typed or have pictures on this paper. See more »Soundtracks
"I've Got My Eyes on You"(1940) (uncredited)
Written by Cole Porter
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