Product Description

Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey. Hepburn revisits her famous stage role as a socialite whose impending marriage is threatened by a reporter and her ex-husband. 1940/b&w/112 min/NR/fullscreen.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3009 in DVD
• Color: Black & White
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2010-11-09
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .15 pounds
• Running time: 113 minutes

Amazon.com
Re-creating the role she originated in Philip Barry's wickedly witty Broadway play, Katharine Hepburn stars as the spoiled and snobby socialite Tracy Lord in this sparkling 1940 screen adaptation of The Philadelphia Story, one of the great romantic comedies from the golden age of MGM studios. Applying her impossibly high ideals to everyone but herself, Tracy is about to marry a stuffy executive when her congenial ex-husband (Cary Grant), arrives to protect his former father-in-law from a potentially scandalous tabloid exposé. In an Oscar-winning role, James Stewart is the scandal reporter who falls for Tracy as her wedding day arrives, throwing her into a dizzying state of premarital jitters. Who will join Tracy at the altar? Snappy dialogue flows like sparkling wine under the sophisticated direction of George Cukor in this film that turned the tide of Hepburn's career from "box-office poison" to glamorous Hollywood star. --Jeff Shannon