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* BelligerentSexualTension: Tracy with Mike, and even more so with Dexter.
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* LoveEpiphany: Subverted
-->'''Mike:''' "It - it can't be anything like love, can it?"
-->'''Tracy:''' "No, it mustn't be! It can't be!"
-->'''Mike:''' "Would it be inconvenient?"
-->'''Tracy:''' "Terribly!"
-->'''Mike:''' "It - it can't be anything like love, can it?"
-->'''Tracy:''' "No, it mustn't be! It can't be!"
-->'''Mike:''' "Would it be inconvenient?"
-->'''Tracy:''' "Terribly!"
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* InVinoVeritas: Tracy's realizations about herself and the men in her life come as a result of her getting drunk.
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* InVinoVeritas: Tracy's realizations about herself and the men in her life come as a result of her getting drunk.drunk. Alcohol also allows the softer side of Mike's personality to come out.
** Subverted to the extent that Tracy and Mike's [[ButLiquorIsQuicker drunken kiss]] is ''not'' taken as evidence of their true feelings for each other.
** Subverted to the extent that Tracy and Mike's [[ButLiquorIsQuicker drunken kiss]] is ''not'' taken as evidence of their true feelings for each other.
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Upper class Tracy Lord (Hepburn) is getting married to an [[SelfMadeMan independently wealthy man]], but her ex-husband C. K. Dexter Haven (Grant) looking for a little revenge sneaks in a couple of reporters - a writer (Stewart) and photographer - to do an exclusive for Spy Magazine. LoveTriangle confusion ensues among the stars and supporting characters.
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Upper class Tracy Lord (Hepburn) is getting married to an [[SelfMadeMan independently wealthy man]], but her ex-husband C. K. Dexter Haven (Grant) (Grant), looking for a little revenge revenge, sneaks in a couple of reporters - a writer (Stewart) and photographer - to do an exclusive story for Spy Magazine. LoveTriangle confusion ensues among the stars and supporting characters.
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Upper class Tracy Lord (Hepburn) is getting married to an [[SelfMadeMan independently wealthy man]], but her ex-husband C. K. Dexter Haven (Grant) looking for a little revenge sneaks in a couple - reporter (Stewart) and photographer - for Spy Magazine as an exclusive. LoveTriangle confusion ensues among the stars and supporting characters.
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Upper class Tracy Lord (Hepburn) is getting married to an [[SelfMadeMan independently wealthy man]], but her ex-husband C. K. Dexter Haven (Grant) looking for a little revenge sneaks in a couple of reporters - reporter a writer (Stewart) and photographer - to do an exclusive for Spy Magazine as an exclusive.Magazine. LoveTriangle confusion ensues among the stars and supporting characters.
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-->-- '''C.K. Dexter Haaaaaven'''
Haaaaaaaaaaven'''
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* {{Revenge}}: Mike (incorrectly) assumes this is Dexter's reason for co-operating with Sidney Kidd.
-->'''Mike:''' "So you want to get even with your ex-bride, huh?"
-->'''Mike:''' "So you want to get even with your ex-bride, huh?"
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->''"I thought all writers drank to excess and beat their wives. You know one time I secretly wanted to be a writer."''
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->''"I thought all writers drank to excess and beat their wives. You know one time I think I secretly wanted to be a writer."''
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Amusingly averted by Dexter, who has no problem naming Sidney Kidd's scheme for what it is. To be fair, he's not in on the scheme, but he makes it sound like he is.
-->'''Tracy:''' "I want them out and you too."
-->'''Dexter:''' "Yes, yes, your Majesty, but first, could I interest you in some small blackmail?"
-->'''Tracy:''' "I want them out and you too."
-->'''Dexter:''' "Yes, yes, your Majesty, but first, could I interest you in some small blackmail?"
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** Hilariously averted with Dexter, who apparently couldn't care less. Liz is philosophical about the whole thing.
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** Hilariously averted with Dexter, who apparently couldn't care less. less.
** Lizis would "scratch [the] eyes out" of any girl who came between her and Mike, but she manages to be philosophical about the whole thing.his fling with Tracy. It can't hurt that when Tracy [[spoiler:turns down Mike's proposal]], she gives Liz's feelings for him as one of her reasons.
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* FriendsWithBenefits: One possible interpretation of Mike and Liz's relationship.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Dinah much prefers Dexter to George as a brother-in-law, and she's not shy about mentioning it.
** Late in the movie, she tries to get Tracy to marry ''Mike'', not because she likes him, but because she believes she [[ShotgunWedding has to]].
** Late in the movie, she tries to get Tracy to marry ''Mike'', not because she likes him, but because she believes she [[ShotgunWedding has to]].
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* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Tracy was offended that Mike didn't take advantage of her while she passed out drunk.
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* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Tracy was is offended that Mike didn't take advantage of her while she was passed out drunk.
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** Dexter and Mike later conspire to counter-blackmail Kidd.
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** Dexter and Mike later conspire to [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame counter-blackmail Kidd.Kidd]].
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* GoshDarnItToHeck: It's from the Hays code era.
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* GoshDarnItToHeck: It's from the Hays code HaysCode era.
** Tracy's parents also point out that her outrage over Seth's philandering sounds a lot like jealousy. Which is odd, considering she's Seth's ''daughter''.
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* RichBitch: Tracy, though somewhat toned and does improve over time.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: A mild example, but it's hinted that the Lords aren't too smart about certain things. Notably none of them seems able to spell the word "omelet". It's made somewhat clearer in the original play.
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* RichBitch: Tracy, though she's somewhat toned toned-down and does improve over time.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: A mild example, but it's hinted that the Lords aren't too smart about certain things.Notably none of them seems able to spell the word "omelet". It's made somewhat clearer in the original play.play.
-->'''Tracy:''' "Mother, how do you spell 'omelet'???"
-->'''Margaret Lord:''' "O-M-M-E-L-E-T."
-->'''Tracy:''' ''(Erasing what she has written.)'' "Thought there was another 'L'."
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: A mild example, but it's hinted that the Lords aren't too smart about certain things.
-->'''Tracy:''' "Mother, how do you spell 'omelet'???"
-->'''Margaret Lord:''' "O-M-M-E-L-E-T."
-->'''Tracy:''' ''(Erasing what she has written.)'' "Thought there was another 'L'."
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-->'''Mike:''' "Well I made a funny discovery. That in spite of the fact that someone's up from the bottom, he can still be quite a heel. And even though somebody else is born to the purple, he can still be a very nice guy."
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-->'''Mike:''' "Well "Well, I made a funny discovery. That in spite of the fact that someone's somebody's up from the bottom, he can still be quite a heel. And even though somebody else is born to the purple, he can still be a very nice guy."
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* ShutUpKissShutUpKiss: Tracy and Mike
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* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Dexter doesn't take kindly to being [[{{Blackmail}} blackmailed]] by Sidney Kidd.
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* GreenEyedMonster: George, who automatically assumes the worst when he sees Tracy [[NotWhatItLooksLike in another man's arms]].
** Hilariously averted with Dexter, who apparently couldn't care less. Liz is philosophical about the whole thing.
** Hilariously averted with Dexter, who apparently couldn't care less. Liz is philosophical about the whole thing.
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* EvilBrit: Sidney Kidd (We don't know if the character's meant to be British, but he definitely has the accent.)
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: C.K. Dexter Haven. Made even more awesome by the fact that we [[NoNameGiven don't know what the C.K. stands for.]]
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: C.K. Dexter Haven. Made even more awesome by the fact that we [[NoNameGiven don't know what the C.K. stands for.]]]] [[note]] It usually stands for Charles Kenneth. [[/note]]
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-->-- '''C.K. Dexter Haaaaaven'''
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** Also Dexter, who ''acts'' like a jerk to Tracy throughout most of the film, only to reveal that he really does love her and want what's best for her.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Subverted. Tracy thinks she's justifiably angry with her father for fooling around with a younger woman. Seth tells Tracy that is affairs are ''none of her business'', then turns the tables and blames ''her'' for driving him away.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Subverted. Tracy thinks she's justifiably angry with her father for fooling around with a younger woman. Seth tells Tracy that is his affairs are ''none of her business'', then turns the tables and blames ''her'' for driving him away.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Subverted. Tracy thinks she's justifiably angry with her father for fooling around with a younger woman. Seth tells Tracy that is affairs are ''none of her business'', then turns the tables and blames ''her'' for driving him away.
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* AnAesop: ''Everyone'' has moral failings.
-->'''Dexter:''' "We're all only human, you know."
-->'''Dexter:''' "We're all only human, you know."
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* HumblePie: Tracy is forced to eat some after a perceived act of infidelity. This includes an apology to her father, whom she has previously condemned for similar behaviour.
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* MaybeEverAfter: The status of [[spoiler: Mike and Liz]]'s relationship at the end of the movie is ambiguous.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Sidney Kidd will publish a scandalous article on Tracy's father if she doesn't let Mike and Liz do their story.
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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Tracy actually has ''two'' rich suitors (Dexter and George) and one poor one (Mike). The film subverts our expectations somewhat by having Tracy marry [[spoiler: one of the rich ones]]. After all, if money doesn't matter...
-->'''Mike:''' "Well I made a funny discovery. That in spite of the fact that someone's up from the bottom, he can still be quite a heel. And even though somebody else is born to the purple, he can still be a very nice guy."
-->'''Mike:''' "Well I made a funny discovery. That in spite of the fact that someone's up from the bottom, he can still be quite a heel. And even though somebody else is born to the purple, he can still be a very nice guy."
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* BreakTheHaughty: Tracy
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* RomanticComedy: Sometimes referred to as a ScrewballComedy, though it's more a successor to the genre.
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* JacobAndEsau: It's subtle, but Dinah seems more like her mother, while Tracy clearly takes after her father.
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I\'ve had multiple people confuse these two works.
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Not to be confused with the 1993 Toms Hanks movie {{Film/Philadelphia}}.
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* ComedyOfRemarriageComedyOfRemarriage: Dealing with Tracy and Dexter
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* GoshDarnItToHeckGoshDarnItToHeck: It's from the Hays code era.
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* InVinoVeritas.
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* InVinoVeritas.InVinoVeritas: Tracy's realizations about herself and the men in her life come as a result of her getting drunk.
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* MeaningfulEcho: "My she was yare!"
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* MeaningfulEcho: "My "My, she was yare!"
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* {{Tsundere}}
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* {{Tsundere}}{{Tsundere}}: Tracy
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* WeddingDayWeddingDay: The story ends on the day of Tracy's wedding
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* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant
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*WhyWasteAWeddingWhyWasteAWedding: Though she doesn't marry George, Tracy does get (re)married on her wedding day.
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Upper class Tracy Lord (Hepburn) is getting married to an [[SelfMadeMan independently wealthy man]], but her ex-husband C. K. Dexter Haven (Grant) looking for a little revenge sneaks in a couple - reporter (Stewart) and photographer - for Spy Magazine as an exclusive. LoveTriangle confusion ensues among the stars and supporting characters.
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* FacepalmOfDoom: A particularly pissed off C. K. Dexter does this to Tracy after she breaks one of his golf clubs in front of him. She falls to the ground but she's not hurt.
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Later remade in 1956 as ''HighSociety'', starring GraceKelly, BingCrosby, and FrankSinatra in the Hepburn, Grant, and Stewart roles.
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Later remade in 1956 as ''HighSociety'', starring GraceKelly, Creator/GraceKelly, BingCrosby, and FrankSinatra in the Hepburn, Grant, and Stewart roles.
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* TheDrunkenSailor: Sort of aversion, C.K. Dexter Haven used to be this, on the True Love.
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* TheDrunkenSailor: Sort of aversion, C.K. Dexter Haven used to be this, on the True Love.'''True Love'''.
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-->Mike: Well, you're the darndest girl.
-->Liz (primly): I think I'm sweet.
-->Liz (primly): I think I'm sweet.
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Witty, classic Hollywood screwball comedy starring three of the biggest stars of the era: KatharineHepburn, CaryGrant and JimmyStewart.
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Witty, classic Hollywood screwball comedy starring three of the biggest stars of the era: KatharineHepburn, Creator/KatharineHepburn, CaryGrant and JimmyStewart.
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->''"I thought all writers drank to excess and beat their wives. You know one time I secretly wanted to be a writer."''
Witty, classic Hollywood screwball comedy starring three of the biggest stars of the era: KatharineHepburn, CaryGrant and JimmyStewart.
Upper class Tracy Lord (Hepburn) is getting married to an [[SelfMadeMan independently wealthy man]], but her ex-husband (Grant) looking for a little revenge sneaks in a couple - reporter (Stewart) and photographer - for Spy Magazine as an exclusive. LoveTriangle confusion ensues among the stars and supporting characters.
Later remade in 1956 as ''HighSociety'', starring GraceKelly, BingCrosby, and FrankSinatra in the Hepburn, Grant, and Stewart roles.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AffectionateNickname: Dexter generally addresses Tracy as "Red".
* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Tracy was offended that Mike didn't take advantage of her while she passed out drunk.
* AlcoholHic: Jimmy Stewart's improvised AlcoholHic almost got Cary Grant {{corpsing}}. Which was what Stewart was trying to do, naturally.
* TheAlcoholic: Dexter
* ArtistDisillusionment: Mike
* AwesomeMcCoolname: C.K. Dexter Haven. Made even more awesome by the fact that we [[NoNameGiven don't know what the C.K. stands for.]]
** Well, "''Macaulay'' Connor is no homespun tag". His father taught English history, indeed. But he's Mike to his friends.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: George
* CantHoldHerLiquor: Tracy
* ComedyOfRemarriage
* CompositeCharacter: Dexter combines elements of two characters from the original play: himself, and Tracy's brother Sandy.
* ContrivedClumsiness: Tracy breaks Liz's camera.
* DeadpanSnarker: Dexter. Liz gets some good ones in too.
* DefrostingIceQueen
* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Mike and Tracy
* DirtyOldMan: Uncle Willy
* DisposableFiance: George
* DomesticAbuse: Obliquely hinted at as one of the causes of Tracy and Dexter's breakup.
** And actually demonstrated (and [[UnfortunateImplications played for laughs]]) quite plainly in the opening scene.
* DrinkingOnDuty : Mike is supposed to be writing an article about the wedding. He gets drunk with the bride.
* DrunkenSong: "Oh, C.K. Dexter Haaaaaaaaaven!"
** And "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
* FishOutOfWater: Mike and Liz. George too, to a lesser extent.
* FollowThatCar: Mike drunkenly tells a joke of the taxicab variety.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Dexter reminds Tracy that she, once, "got drunk on champagne and climbed out on the roof, and stood there, naked, with her arms out to the moon, wailing like a banshee". It seems champagne is bad for her. Then, we see her get drunk on champagne, with Mike.
* FreudianTrio: Tracy's three suitors, [[TheSpock George]], [[TheMcCoy Mike]], and [[TheKirk Dexter]]. Seen from that perspective, the film's ending should hardly come as a surprise.
* FullNameBasis: In one drunken scene, Mike addresses Dexter exclusively by his full name. [[AwesomeMcCoolname Probably because he really likes saying it.]]
* GirlFriday: Liz to Mike
* GoshDarnItToHeck
* HairOfTheDog: Mike would "sell his grandmother" for an alcoholic beverage the morning after the party.
* HangoverSensitivity: Several characters.
* InformedFlaw: Quite a few, including Tracy's intolerance, Mike's cynicism, and Dexter's drunkenness. To be fair to Dexter, by the time the story starts he's firmly on the wagon.
* InVinoVeritas.
* IronicEcho: "The truth is you'll never be a first class human being until you've learned to have some regard for human frailty."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mike, a sensitive poet who puts up a JerkAss front to "save his skin"
* KissingUnderTheInfluence: (of champagne) Mike and Tracy
* LoveTriangle: or Love Pentagram
* MeaningfulEcho: "My she was yare!"
** "With the rich and mighty, always a little patience."
* MouthyKid: Dinah.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Dinah's lament early on in the film.
* PropheticName: Parson Parsons
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dexter gives Tracy one mid-way through the film. This is followed shortly by one from her father.
* RichBitch: Tracy, though somewhat toned and does improve over time.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: A mild example, but it's hinted that the Lords aren't too smart about certain things. Notably none of them seems able to spell the word "omelet". It's made somewhat clearer in the original play.
* RunningGag: Margaret Lord never can seem to remember who Mike is, first forgetting his name, then mistakenly calling him "Mr. ''O'''Connor", and finally confusing him with one of the musicians.
* SelfMadeMan: George
* ShotgunWedding: subverted
* ShutUpKiss
* SmugSnake: Seth Lord, though through ValuesDissonance the script is clearly on his side...
* {{Tsundere}}
* TheDrunkenSailor: Sort of aversion, C.K. Dexter Haven used to be this, on the True Love.
* TheTeetotaler: Implied about Dexter.
* WeddingDay
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: What Tracy wants (or ''doesn't'' want) to know in the lead-up to her wedding.
* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant
* WhyWasteAWedding
* YouDidntAsk: Liz's reason for not telling Mike about her previous marriage.
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->''"I thought all writers drank to excess and beat their wives. You know one time I secretly wanted to be a writer."''
Witty, classic Hollywood screwball comedy starring three of the biggest stars of the era: KatharineHepburn, CaryGrant and JimmyStewart.
Upper class Tracy Lord (Hepburn) is getting married to an [[SelfMadeMan independently wealthy man]], but her ex-husband (Grant) looking for a little revenge sneaks in a couple - reporter (Stewart) and photographer - for Spy Magazine as an exclusive. LoveTriangle confusion ensues among the stars and supporting characters.
Later remade in 1956 as ''HighSociety'', starring GraceKelly, BingCrosby, and FrankSinatra in the Hepburn, Grant, and Stewart roles.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AffectionateNickname: Dexter generally addresses Tracy as "Red".
* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Tracy was offended that Mike didn't take advantage of her while she passed out drunk.
* AlcoholHic: Jimmy Stewart's improvised AlcoholHic almost got Cary Grant {{corpsing}}. Which was what Stewart was trying to do, naturally.
* TheAlcoholic: Dexter
* ArtistDisillusionment: Mike
* AwesomeMcCoolname: C.K. Dexter Haven. Made even more awesome by the fact that we [[NoNameGiven don't know what the C.K. stands for.]]
** Well, "''Macaulay'' Connor is no homespun tag". His father taught English history, indeed. But he's Mike to his friends.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: George
* CantHoldHerLiquor: Tracy
* ComedyOfRemarriage
* CompositeCharacter: Dexter combines elements of two characters from the original play: himself, and Tracy's brother Sandy.
* ContrivedClumsiness: Tracy breaks Liz's camera.
* DeadpanSnarker: Dexter. Liz gets some good ones in too.
* DefrostingIceQueen
* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Mike and Tracy
* DirtyOldMan: Uncle Willy
* DisposableFiance: George
* DomesticAbuse: Obliquely hinted at as one of the causes of Tracy and Dexter's breakup.
** And actually demonstrated (and [[UnfortunateImplications played for laughs]]) quite plainly in the opening scene.
* DrinkingOnDuty : Mike is supposed to be writing an article about the wedding. He gets drunk with the bride.
* DrunkenSong: "Oh, C.K. Dexter Haaaaaaaaaven!"
** And "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
* FishOutOfWater: Mike and Liz. George too, to a lesser extent.
* FollowThatCar: Mike drunkenly tells a joke of the taxicab variety.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Dexter reminds Tracy that she, once, "got drunk on champagne and climbed out on the roof, and stood there, naked, with her arms out to the moon, wailing like a banshee". It seems champagne is bad for her. Then, we see her get drunk on champagne, with Mike.
* FreudianTrio: Tracy's three suitors, [[TheSpock George]], [[TheMcCoy Mike]], and [[TheKirk Dexter]]. Seen from that perspective, the film's ending should hardly come as a surprise.
* FullNameBasis: In one drunken scene, Mike addresses Dexter exclusively by his full name. [[AwesomeMcCoolname Probably because he really likes saying it.]]
* GirlFriday: Liz to Mike
* GoshDarnItToHeck
* HairOfTheDog: Mike would "sell his grandmother" for an alcoholic beverage the morning after the party.
* HangoverSensitivity: Several characters.
* InformedFlaw: Quite a few, including Tracy's intolerance, Mike's cynicism, and Dexter's drunkenness. To be fair to Dexter, by the time the story starts he's firmly on the wagon.
* InVinoVeritas.
* IronicEcho: "The truth is you'll never be a first class human being until you've learned to have some regard for human frailty."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mike, a sensitive poet who puts up a JerkAss front to "save his skin"
* KissingUnderTheInfluence: (of champagne) Mike and Tracy
* LoveTriangle: or Love Pentagram
* MeaningfulEcho: "My she was yare!"
** "With the rich and mighty, always a little patience."
* MouthyKid: Dinah.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Dinah's lament early on in the film.
* PropheticName: Parson Parsons
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dexter gives Tracy one mid-way through the film. This is followed shortly by one from her father.
* RichBitch: Tracy, though somewhat toned and does improve over time.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: A mild example, but it's hinted that the Lords aren't too smart about certain things. Notably none of them seems able to spell the word "omelet". It's made somewhat clearer in the original play.
* RunningGag: Margaret Lord never can seem to remember who Mike is, first forgetting his name, then mistakenly calling him "Mr. ''O'''Connor", and finally confusing him with one of the musicians.
* SelfMadeMan: George
* ShotgunWedding: subverted
* ShutUpKiss
* SmugSnake: Seth Lord, though through ValuesDissonance the script is clearly on his side...
* {{Tsundere}}
* TheDrunkenSailor: Sort of aversion, C.K. Dexter Haven used to be this, on the True Love.
* TheTeetotaler: Implied about Dexter.
* WeddingDay
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: What Tracy wants (or ''doesn't'' want) to know in the lead-up to her wedding.
* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant
* WhyWasteAWedding
* YouDidntAsk: Liz's reason for not telling Mike about her previous marriage.
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