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==Adaptations== [[File:Hepburn Grant Stewart Radio Publicity Photo.jpg|thumb|upright|Hepburn, Grant and Stewart perform ''The Philadelphia Story'' for the ''Victory Theater'' radio program in 1942]] The stars of ''The Philadelphia Story'' appeared in a one-hour radio adaptation on the premiere episode of the [[United States Department of War|Department of War]]'s special ''Victory Theater'' summer series,<ref name="ndsu17">{{Cite journal |date=Summer 2017 |title=Those Were the Days |journal=Nostalgia Digest |volume=43 |issue=3 |page=34}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Definitive Victory Theater Radio Article and Log with The Office of War Information |url=http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Victory-Theater.html |access-date=December 31, 2017 |website=The Digital Deli Too}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reinhart |first=Charles F. |date=July 20, 2016 |title=Victory Theatre β The Philadelphia Story |url=http://www.jimmystewartontheair.com/victory-theater-the-philadelphia-story/ |access-date=December 31, 2017 |publisher=Jimmy Stewart on the Air}}</ref> airing on July 20, 1942.<ref name="Pittsburgh Post-Gazette1">{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=July 20, 1942 |title=Victory Theater Premiere Stars Hepburn, Stewart, Grant Tonight |page=4 (Daily Magazine) |work=The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5cNRAAAAIBAJ&pg=2187%2C1167842 |access-date=July 18, 2021}}</ref> ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' produced a second adaptation for its own use on June 14, 1943, starring [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]], [[Loretta Young]] and [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]].<ref name=tcmnotes /><ref name="Toledo1">{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=June 14, 1943 |title=Monday Selections |page=4 (Peach Section) |work=Toledo Blade (Ohio) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zPgjAAAAIBAJ&pg=2893%2C2096871&q=Theater+Robert+Taylor+Young+Philadelphia |access-date=July 18, 2021}}</ref> The film was also adapted for two half-hour episodes of ''[[The Screen Guild Theater]]'', first with [[Greer Garson]], [[Henry Fonda]] and [[Fred MacMurray]] (April 5, 1942),<ref name="Pittsburgh Post-Gazette2">{{Cite news |last=Vincent Johnson |date=April 4, 1942 |title=Radio Marks First Observance of Easter with America at War |page=4 (Daily Magazine) |work=The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bLxRAAAAIBAJ&pg=2419%2C1739423&q=Greer+Garson+MacMurray+Screen+Guild+Philadelphia+Story |access-date=July 18, 2021}}</ref> and then with Hepburn, Grant and Stewart reprising their film roles (March 17, 1947).<ref name="Toledo2">{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=March 17, 1947 |title=Monday Selections |page=4 (Peach Section) |work=Toledo Blade (Ohio) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=199OAAAAIBAJ&pg=3580%2C2947615&q=Screen+Guild+Katherine+Hepburn+Cary+Grant+James+Stewart+Story |access-date=July 18, 2021}}</ref> The film was adapted in 1956 as the MGM [[musical film|musical]] ''[[High Society (1956 film)|High Society]]'', directed by [[Charles Walters]] and starring [[Bing Crosby]], [[Grace Kelly]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Celeste Holm]] and [[Louis Armstrong]].<ref name=":1" />
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