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      The Philadelphia Story

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      The Philadelphia Story
      Year
      Running time
      112 min.
      Country
      United States United States
      Director
      Screenwriter
      Donald Ogden Stewart, Waldo Salt. Theater: Philip Barry
      Cast
      Music
      Franz Waxman
      Cinematography
      Joseph Ruttenberg (B&W)
      Producer
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Producer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
      Genre
      Comedy. Romance | Romantic Comedy. Screwball comedy. Sophisticated Comedy. Weddings
      Synopsis
      Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn) is a wealthy Main Line Philadelphia socialite who had divorced C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) and is about to marry nouveau riche George Kittredge (John Howard). Wedding preparations are complicated when she is blackmailed by publisher Sidney Kidd (Henry Daniell) into granting an exclusive story to tabloid reporter Macaulay "Mike" Connor (James Stewart) and photographer Elizabeth "Liz" Imbrie (Ruth Hussey). In exchange, Spy magazine agrees to refrain from exposing the antics of Tracy's philandering father Seth (John Halliday). As the wedding nears, Tracy finds herself torn between Mike, Dexter and George.
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      1940: 2 Academy Awards: Best Actor (James Stewart), Adapted Screenplay. 6 Nominations
      1940: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actress (Hepburn). 2 Nominations
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