The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Star Rating: 3
Length of Film: 2 hours
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, John Howard, Roland Young, John Halliday, Mary Nash, Virginia Weldler, Henry Daniell, Lionel Pape, & Rex Evans
Oscars: Donald Ogden Stewart (Screenplay) & James Stewart (Actor)
Oscar Nominations: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Best Picture), George Cukor (Director), Katharine Hepburn (Actress), & Ruth Hussey (Actress in Supporting Role)

C.K. Dexter Haven loves Tracy Lord

Mike Connor loves Tracy Lord & Elizabeth Imbrie

George  Kettredge loves Tracy Lord

Elizabeth Imbrie loves Mike Connor

Tracy Lord loves ??????

Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn) comes from a wealthy Philadelphia family.  The movie starts out with C.K. Dexter Haven storming out out the house, leaving his wife, Tracy. The movie flashes 2 years later, and Tracy is engaged to George Kettredge. C.K. Dexter Haven returns to the Lord house with 2 reporters, a writer Mike Conner (James Stewart), and photographer Elizabeth Imbrie (Ruth Hussey) to ruin the wedding. What Dexter doesn't plan for is Conner falling for Tracy.

The only thing going for this movie is the drama...who does Tracy end up choosing? Her fiancé? Her ex-husband? Or the writer? As you can see from the picture below, a very attractive cast. Who would you choose?

                                                           Ex Husband     Writer         Fiancé