Editing The Philadelphia Story (film) (section)

===Awards and nominations===
The film was nominated for six [[Academy Award]]s, winning two ([[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] and [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]). [[James Stewart]] did not expect to win and felt that the award was given to him as compensation for his role in ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]'' the previous year.<ref name=tcmarticle /> Stewart later provided his [[Oscar statue]] for use in his father's hardware store in [[Indiana, Pennsylvania]], where it was displayed for many years.<ref name="Campisi Love">{{cite news |last1=Campisi |first1=Gloria |title=TOWN'S LOVE FOR STEWART NEVER FALTERED |url=https://greensboro.com/towns-love-for-stewart-never-faltered/article_e7fa5dc6-f788-56db-9a70-69d03c33d2cf.html |access-date=December 25, 2024 |work=Greensboro News & Record |date=July 3, 1997}}</ref><ref name="Life Hero">{{cite web |title=Jimmy Stewart, 1945: A War Hero Comes Home |date=April 29, 2013 |url=https://www.life.com/people/jimmy-stewart-photos-of-a-world-war-ii-hero-homecoming-1945/ |publisher=Life Magazine |access-date=December 25, 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
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! Award
! scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[13th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Outstanding Production]]
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="6"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1941 |title=The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093728/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/13th-winners.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[George Cukor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[James Stewart]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Katharine Hepburn]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Ruth Hussey]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| [[Donald Ogden Stewart]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref name=":2" />
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1940 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1940 |title=New York Film Critics Circle Awards: 1940 Awards |publisher=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=August 15, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Katharine Hepburn
| {{won}}
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Film Hall of Fame: Productions
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame: Productions |publisher=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=August 15, 2021}}</ref>
|}

The film was named the third-best of the year by ''[[The Film Daily]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aitchison |first=Marion |date=January 14, 1942 |title=Time Reviewers Again Pick Eight Out of Ten Winners |work=[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19420114&id=fDVPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZU0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7475,2925517&hl=en}}</ref>

In 1995, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the [[Library of Congress]] and was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]].<ref name=":2" />

The film was included in various [[American Film Institute]] lists:
* 1998: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]] – #51<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies/ |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=[[American Film Institute]] |language=en}}</ref>
* 2000: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]] – #15<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-laughs/ |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=American Film Institute}}</ref>
* 2002: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions]] – #44<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-passions/ |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref>
* 2007: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] – #44<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies-10th-anniversary-edition/ |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref>
* 2008: [[AFI's 10 Top 10]] – #5 Romantic Comedy Film<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI's 10 Top 10: Top 10 Romantic Comedy |url=http://www.afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=2 |access-date=July 17, 2016 |website=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref>