Saturday, December 1, 1990

50 years ago: The Philadelpia Story, one of the great rom-coms of all time, released

The Philadelphia Story


Released: December 1, 1940


Studio: MGM


Genre: comedy/romance


Box Office (numbers in millions):

Domestic: 0.4 Worldwide: ?


Adjusted for Inflation:

Domestic: 215.10 Worldwide: ?

Directing: George Cukor


Screenwriting: Donald Ogden Stewart


Starring: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, John Howard


“George Cukor’s classic, witty romantic comedy” FS is “a delight from start to finish.” T95 It “sophisticated and screwball at once.” A07 The movie is based on a hit play by Philip Barry that was “a sophisticated romantic farce about a socialite wedding.” FS It “effortlessly transcending its stage origins.” T95 It would later be remade again in 1956 as the musical High Society.

The movie had “a sublime” RS Katharine Hepburn reprise “her stage role as a haughty heiress who is about to wed a pompous self-made man” A98 (Howard). “Goofy reporter” VD Macauley Connor (Stewart) “is present to cover the wedding with a photographer Liz Imbrie (Hussey).” FS He “helps her down from her pedestal and into the arms” A98 of “her irresponsible” FS but “suave ex-husband (Grant).” VD

“The film is a marvel of timing and understated performances.” T95 Hepburn “gives one of the performances of her life, while Grant and Stewart keep pace.” TV Stewart won an Oscar for his performance, but thought he was miscast and voted for Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath instead of himself. MSN


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Oscars:

Wins: 2 - Best Actor (Stewart), Best Screenplay

Nominations: 6 – including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Hepburn), Best Supporting Actress (Hussey)


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First posted 5/31/2023.

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