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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: played with in regard of the three suitors. At first George is nice, Dexter is mean and Mike is inbetween. By the end, George is revealed in his true BitchInSheepsClothing colors, becoming the main mean guy. Mike is the decent nice guy, and Dexter falls inbetween.
* [[Paparazzi]]: Mike and Liz.
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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: played with in regard of the three suitors. At first George is nice, Dexter is mean and Mike is inbetween. By the end, George is revealed in his true BitchInSheepsClothing colors, becoming the main mean guy. Mike is the decent nice guy, and Dexter falls inbetween.
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* InsistentTerminology: When Dinah says something stinks, her mother insists she call it "stinking" instead (part of the GoshDarnItToHeck tone of the movie).
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* InsistentTerminology: When Dinah says something stinks, her mother insists she call it "stinking" "smells" instead [[note]]but only if absolutely necessary[[/note]] (part of the GoshDarnItToHeck tone of the movie).
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-->'''Kidd''': Closed were the portals of snobbish fox hunting. No hunter of foxes is ''Spy'' magazine. ''[finger snap]'' [[TitleDrop The Philadelphia Story]]!
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-->'''Kidd''': Closed were the portals of snobbish fox hunting. No hunter of foxes is ''Spy'' magazine. ''[finger snap]'' [[TitleDrop The Philadelphia Story]]!
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-->'''Kidd''': Closed were the portals of snobbish fox hunting. No hunter of foxes is ''Spy'' magazine.
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-->'''Kidd''': Closed were the portals of snobbish fox hunting. No hunter of foxes is ''Spy'' magazine. ''[finger snap]'' [[TitleDrop The Philadelphia Story]]!
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* {{Hot and Cold}}: Tracy veers between affection and anger.
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* {{Hot and Cold}}: [[{{Tsundere}} Hot And Cold]]: Tracy veers between affection and anger.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Tracy walks in during Dinah's elaborate greeting to Mike and Liz and can be seen cracking up at it.
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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: AwesomeMcCoolname:
** C.K. Dexter Haven. Made even more awesome by the fact that we [[NoNameGiven don't know what the C.K. stands for.]]
** 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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* DrunkenSong: "Oh, C.K. Dexter Haaaaaaaaaven!"
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* DrunkenSong: DrunkenSong:
** "Oh, C.K. Dexter Haaaaaaaaaven!"
** "Oh, C.K. Dexter Haaaaaaaaaven!"
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* FloweryElizabethanEnglish: The librarian using "thee" and "thou".
** Not exactly. The librarian is a Quaker, using "plain speech," which Mike MISTAKES for Flowery Elizabethan English.
* FollowThatCar: Mike drunkenly tells a joke of the taxicab variety.
** Not exactly. The librarian is a Quaker, using "plain speech," which Mike MISTAKES for Flowery Elizabethan English.
* FollowThatCar: Mike drunkenly tells a joke of the taxicab variety.
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* FloweryElizabethanEnglish: The librarian using "thee" and "thou".
** Not exactly.The librarian is a Quaker, using "plain speech," which Mike MISTAKES for Flowery Elizabethan English.
* FollowThatCar: Mike drunkenly tells a joke of the taxicab variety. [[spoiler: There is no car]].
** Not exactly.
* FollowThatCar: Mike drunkenly tells a joke of the taxicab variety. [[spoiler: There is no car]].
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* GreenEyedMonster: George, who automatically assumes the worst when he sees Tracy [[NotWhatItLooksLike in another man's arms]].
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* GreenEyedMonster: GreenEyedMonster:
** George, who automatically assumes the worst when he sees Tracy [[NotWhatItLooksLike in another man's arms]].
** George, who automatically assumes the worst when he sees Tracy [[NotWhatItLooksLike in another man's arms]].
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* InVinoVeritas: Tracy's realizations about herself and the men in her life come as a result of getting drunk. Alcohol also allows the softer side of Mike's personality to come out.
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* InVinoVeritas: InVinoVeritas:
** Tracy's realizations about herself and the men in her life come as a result of getting drunk. Alcohol also allows the softer side of Mike's personality to come out.
** Tracy's realizations about herself and the men in her life come as a result of getting drunk. Alcohol also allows the softer side of Mike's personality to come out.
* IncomingHam: Dinah when she first meets Mike and Liz. She enters the room dressed in a party dress, sparkly jewellery, with a massive bow in her hair. She does so with an attempted ballet twirl as well.
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* KissingUnderTheInfluence: (of champagne) Mike and Tracy
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* KissingUnderTheInfluence: (of champagne) Mike and TracyTracy.
* LittleMissSnarker: Dinah especially in her first scene. Later in the movie she quips that she knows something is about to happen because she's being sent away.
* LittleMissSnarker: Dinah especially in her first scene. Later in the movie she quips that she knows something is about to happen because she's being sent away.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Dinah says her full name is Diana but everyone calls her Dinah.
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* WakeUpMakeUp: Well not waking up but Tracy has very good hair and make-up when she emerges after having just been in the pool. Specifically she goes back into the changing room to put her robe on, and then reappears pristine.
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* JerkassFacade:
** Mike, a sensitive poet who puts up a JerkAss front to "save his skin".
** 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.
** Mike, a sensitive poet who puts up a JerkAss front to "save his skin".
** 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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* JerkassFacade:
** Mike,{{Jerkass}}: InvokedTrope. Mike is a sensitive poet who puts up a JerkAss front to "save his skin".
** 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.skin".
** Mike,
** 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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A box-office hit, the film was also a great critical success, receiving six AcademyAward nominations. James Stewart's performance as Macaulay "Mike" Connor earned him the Best Actor award, for the first and only time in his career. David Ogden Stewart also took home an Oscar for his screenplay.
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A box-office hit, the film was also a great critical success, receiving six AcademyAward UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations. James Stewart's performance as Macaulay "Mike" Connor earned him the Best Actor award, for the first and only time in his career. David Ogden Stewart also took home an Oscar for his screenplay.
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* TheChikan: Uncle Willie has zero chill, as Liz finds out to her dismay.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Dexter answers the door to Liz, Mike is still rambling in the background.
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* InsistentTerminology: When Dinah says something stinks, her mother insists she call it "stinking" instead (part of the GoshDarnItToHeck tone of the movie).
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** The magazine publisher Sidney Kidd is a parody of Henry Luce, publisher of the magazines ''Time'' and ''Life''. The film version adds some digs at the backward syntax that Luce's publications were famous for.
-->'''Kidd''': Closed were the portals of snobbish fox hunting. No hunter of foxes is ''Spy'' magazine.
-->'''Kidd''': Closed were the portals of snobbish fox hunting. No hunter of foxes is ''Spy'' magazine.
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** Mike, a sensitive poet who puts up a JerkAss front to "save his skin"
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** Mike, a sensitive poet who puts up a JerkAss front to "save his skin"skin".
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-->'''Tracy'': I want them out and you too.
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-->'''Dexter:''' "We're all only human, you know."
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-->'''Dexter:''' "We're We're all only human, you know."
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-->'''Tracy:''' "I want them out and you too."
-->'''Dexter:''' "Yes, yes, your Majesty, but first, could I interest you in some small blackmail?"
-->'''Dexter:''' "Yes, yes, your Majesty, but first, could I interest you in some small blackmail?"
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-->'''Dexter:''' "Yes,
-->'''Dexter''': Yes, yes, your Majesty, but first, could I interest you in some small
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--> '''George''': "Well, you're like some marvelous, distant ... well, queen, I guess."
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--> '''George''': "Well, Well, you're like some marvelous, distant ... well, queen, I guess."
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-->'''Macaulay Connor''': After which I deposited Tracy on her bed in her room, and promptly returned down here to you two - which doubtless you'll remember.
-->'''Dexter Haven''': Doubtless, without a doubt!
-->'''Dexter Haven''': Doubtless, without a doubt!
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-->'''Dinah:''' "Well the papers were full of inundo."
-->'''Margaret:''' "Of what?"
-->'''Dinah:''' "Of inundo. Cruelty and drunkenness it said."
-->'''Margaret:''' "Of what?"
-->'''Dinah:''' "Of inundo. Cruelty and drunkenness it said."
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-->'''Margaret:''' "Of what?"
-->'''Dinah:''' "Of
-->'''Margaret''': Of what?
-->'''Dinah''': Of inundo.
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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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* LoveEpiphany: Subverted
-->'''Mike:''' "ItSubverted.
-->'''Mike''': It - it can't be anything like love, canit?"
-->'''Tracy:''' "No,it?
-->'''Tracy''': No, it mustn't be! Itcan't be!"
-->'''Mike:''' "Would''can't'' be!
-->'''Mike''': Would it beinconvenient?"
-->'''Tracy:''' "Terribly!"inconvenient?
-->'''Tracy''': Terribly!
-->'''Mike:''' "It
-->'''Mike''': It - it can't be anything like love, can
-->'''Tracy:''' "No,
-->'''Tracy''': No, it mustn't be! It
-->'''Mike:''' "Would
-->'''Mike''': Would it be
-->'''Tracy:''' "Terribly!"
-->'''Tracy''': Terribly!
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-->'''Mike:''' "When a girl is like Tracy, she's one in a million! She's sort of like a...She's sort of like a..."
-->'''Dexter:''' "A goddess?"
-->'''Mike:''' "No, no, no, you said that word this afternoon, no. No, she's sort of like a queen. A radiant, glorious queen. And you can't treat her like other women."
-->'''Dexter:''' "A goddess?"
-->'''Mike:''' "No, no, no, you said that word this afternoon, no. No, she's sort of like a queen. A radiant, glorious queen. And you can't treat her like other women."
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-->'''Dexter:''' "A goddess?"
-->'''Mike:''' "No,
-->'''Dexter''': A goddess?
-->'''Mike''': No, no, no, you said that word this afternoon, no. No, she's sort of like a queen. A radiant, glorious queen. And you can't treat her like other women.
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-->'''Mike:''' "So you want to get even with your ex-bride, huh?"
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-->'''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'."
-->'''Margaret Lord:''' "O-M-M-E-L-E-T."
-->'''Tracy:''' ''(Erasing what she has written.)'' "Thought there was another 'L'."
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-->'''Margaret Lord:'''
-->'''Margaret''': "O-M-M-E-L-E-T."
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-->'''Mike:''' "Well, I made a funny discovery. That in spite of the fact that 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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-->'''Mike:''' Look, who's doing the interviewing here???
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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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* HotAndCold: Tracy veers between affection and anger.
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* HotAndCold: {{Hot and Cold}}: Tracy veers between affection and anger.
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Upper-class socialite Tracy Lord (Hepburn, reprising her stage role) 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 (Ruth Hussey) -- to do an exclusive story for ''Spy'' magazine. LoveTriangle [[HilarityEnsues confusion ensues]] among the stars and supporting characters.
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Upper-class socialite Tracy Lord (Hepburn, reprising her stage role) is getting married to an [[SelfMadeMan independently wealthy man]], man]] and aspiring politician George Kittredge (John Howard), 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 (Ruth Hussey) -- to do an exclusive story for ''Spy'' magazine. LoveTriangle [[HilarityEnsues confusion ensues]] among the stars and supporting characters.
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A classic, witty romantic ScrewballComedy adapted from Philip Barry's hit Broadway play of the same name, ''The Philadelphia Story'' (1940) was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars three of the biggest stars of the era: Creator/KatharineHepburn, Creator/CaryGrant and [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]].
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A classic, witty romantic ScrewballComedy adapted from Philip Barry's hit Broadway play of the same name, year before, ''The Philadelphia Story'' (1940) was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars three of the biggest stars of the era: Creator/KatharineHepburn, Creator/CaryGrant and [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]].
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A box-office hit, the film was also a great critical success, receiving six AcademyAward nominations. Jimmy James Stewart's performance as Macaulay "Mike" Connor earned him the Best Actor award, for the first and only time in his career. David Ogden Stewart also took home an Oscar for his screenplay.
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A box-office hit, the film was also a great critical success, receiving six AcademyAward nominations. Jimmy Stewart's performance as Macaulay "Mike" Connor earned him a the Best Actor award, for the first and only time in his career. David Ogden Stewart also took home an Oscar for his screenplay.
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A box-office hit, the film was also a great critical success, earning receiving six AcademyAward nominations. Jimmy Stewart's performance earned him a Best Actor award, for the first and only time in his career. David Ogden Stewart also took home an Oscar for his screenplay.
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A box-office hit, the film was also a great critical success, earning six AcademyAward nominations (including Best Picture, which it lost to ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}''). Stewart received the only Best Actor award of his career for his portrayal of Macaulay "Mike" Connor.
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A box-office hit, the film was also a great critical success, earning six AcademyAward nominations (including Best Picture, which it lost to ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}''). Stewart received the only nominations. Jimmy Stewart's performance earned him a Best Actor award of award, for the first and only time in his career career. David Ogden Stewart also took home an Oscar for his portrayal of Macaulay "Mike" Connor.
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A box-office hit, the film was also a great critical success, receiving earning six AcademyAward nominations including (including Best Picture, which it lost to ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}''. Stewart, however, won ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}''). Stewart received the only Best Actor award of his career for his portrayal of Macaulay "Mike" Connor.
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Upper class Tracy Lord (Hepburn, reprising her stage role) 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 (Ruth Hussey) -- to do an exclusive story for ''Spy'' magazine. LoveTriangle [[HilarityEnsues confusion ensues]] among the stars and supporting characters.
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A witty, classic romantic ScrewballComedy made in 1940 and adapted from Philip Barry's hit 1939 Broadway play of the same title, ''The Philadelphia Story'' was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars three of the biggest stars of the era: Creator/KatharineHepburn, Creator/CaryGrant and [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]].
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A witty, classic classic, witty romantic ScrewballComedy made in 1940 and adapted from Philip Barry's hit 1939 Broadway play of the same title, name, ''The Philadelphia Story'' (1940) was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars three of the biggest stars of the era: Creator/KatharineHepburn, Creator/CaryGrant and [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]].
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A witty, classic romantic ScrewballComedy made in 1940 and adapted from Philip Barry's hit Broadway play of the same title, ''The Philadelphia Story'' was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars three of the biggest stars of the era: Creator/KatharineHepburn, Creator/CaryGrant and [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]].
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A witty, classic romantic ScrewballComedy made in 1940 and adapted from Philip Barry's hit 1939 Broadway play of the same title, ''The Philadelphia Story'' was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars three of the biggest stars of the era: Creator/KatharineHepburn, Creator/CaryGrant and [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]].
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A witty, classic Hollywood ScrewballComedy made in 1940 and adapted from Philip Barry's hit Broadway play of the same title, ''The Philadelphia Story'' was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars three of the biggest stars of the era: Creator/KatharineHepburn, Creator/CaryGrant and [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]].
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A witty, classic Hollywood romantic ScrewballComedy made in 1940 and adapted from Philip Barry's hit Broadway play of the same title, ''The Philadelphia Story'' was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars three of the biggest stars of the era: Creator/KatharineHepburn, Creator/CaryGrant and [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]].
