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{{Short description|1940 American film by George Cukor}}
{{for|the TV adaptation by Fielder Cook|The Philadelphia Story (1959 film)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = The Philadelphia Story
| image          = The-Philadelphia-Story-(1940).jpg
| caption        = Theatrical poster
| director       = [[George Cukor]]
| producer       = [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[The Philadelphia Story (play)|The Philadelphia Story]]''<br>1939 play|[[Philip Barry]]}}
| screenplay     = [[Donald Ogden Stewart]]
| starring       = [[Cary Grant]]<br />[[Katharine Hepburn]]<br />[[James Stewart]]<br />[[Ruth Hussey]]<br>[[John Howard (American actor)|John Howard]]<br>[[Roland Young]]<br>[[John Halliday (actor)|John Halliday]]<br>[[Mary Nash (actress)|Mary Nash]]<br>[[Virginia Weidler]]
| music          = [[Franz Waxman]]
| cinematography = [[Joseph Ruttenberg]]
| editing        = [[Frank Sullivan (film editing)|Frank Sullivan]]
| studio         = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
| distributor    = [[Loews Cineplex Entertainment|Loew's, Inc.]]
| released       = {{Film date|1940|12|26|New York City|1941|01|17|US}}
| runtime        = 112 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $914,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Cite journal |last=Glancy |first=H. M. |year=1992 |title=MGM film grosses, 1924–1948: The Eddie Mannix Ledger |journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television |volume=12 |number=2 |pages=127–144 |doi=10.1080/01439689200260081|url= https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01439689200260081 |access-date=2024-09-03}}</ref>
| gross          = $3.3&nbsp;million<ref name="Mannix" />
}}

'''''The Philadelphia Story''''' is a 1940 American [[romantic comedy]] film<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 26, 1940 |title=The Philadelphia Story |url=https://variety.com/1940/film/reviews/the-philadelphia-story-1200413300/ |access-date=September 9, 2024 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |pages=16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 7, 1940 |title=The Philadelphia Story |work=[[Harrison's Reports]]}}</ref> starring [[Cary Grant]], [[Katharine Hepburn]], [[James Stewart]] and [[Ruth Hussey]]. Directed by [[George Cukor]], the film is based on the 1939 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[The Philadelphia Story (play)|play of the same name]] by [[Philip Barry]]<ref name="ibdb">{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-philadelphia-story-12441 |title=''The Philadelphia Story'' (1939 play) |website=IBDB.com |publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] }}</ref> about a [[socialite]] whose wedding plans are complicated by the simultaneous arrival of her ex-husband and a tabloid magazine journalist. The socialite, played by Hepburn in both productions, was inspired by [[Helen Hope Montgomery Scott]] (1904–1995), a [[Philadelphia]] heiress who had married Barry's friend.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Irvine |first=Ian |date=April 16, 1995 |title=The Philadelphia Story (1940) |url=http://www.reelclassics.com/Movies/Philstory/tracylord-article.htm |website=Sunday Telegraph |via=ReelClassics.com}}</ref>

Written for the screen by [[Donald Ogden Stewart]] and an uncredited [[Waldo Salt]], it is considered among the best examples of a [[comedy of remarriage]], in which a couple divorce, flirt with outsiders and then remarry. The genre was popular in the 1930s and 1940s at a time when divorce was considered scandalous and the depiction of extramarital affairs was blocked by the [[Motion Picture Production Code|Production Code]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Waldo Salt |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/168919%7C152945/waldo-salt |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=February 12, 2015 |title=The Philadelphia Story review – fun and wit rise like champagne bubbles |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/12/the-philadelphia-story-review-rerelease |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

The film was Hepburn's first hit following several flops that caused her placement on a 1938 list of actors considered to be "box office poison" compiled by theater owner Harry Brandt.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=January 20, 1941 |title=The New Pictures |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772652,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223105921/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772652,00.html |archive-date=December 23, 2009 |access-date=December 18, 2011}}</ref> Hepburn starred in the play and acquired the film rights, with the help of [[Howard Hughes]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hyde |first=Douglas |date=February 23, 2005 |title=The Hughes-Hepburn affair; Hepburn biographer describes 'tender' relationship |work=CNN.com |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/23/hughes.hepburn/}}</ref> to control it as a vehicle for her screen comeback.<ref name="tcmnotes">{{Cite web |title=The Philadelphia Story — Notes |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/12778/the-philadelphia-story#notes |website=[[TCM.com]]}}</ref>

Nominated for six [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Outstanding Production]] (Best Picture), the film won two: [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] (Stewart) and [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]. MGM [[remake|remade]] the film in 1956 as a [[musical film|musical]] retitled ''[[High Society (1956 film)|High Society]]'', starring [[Bing Crosby]], [[Grace Kelly]] and [[Frank Sinatra]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Hay |first=Peter |title=MGM: When the Lion Roars |publisher=Turner Publishing |year=1991 |isbn=978-1878685049 |pages=206–207, 310 |language=en}}</ref>

''The Philadelphia Story'' was produced by [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]] and was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] in 1995.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/ |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref>

==Plot==
[[File:Philadelphia Story 9.jpg|thumb|Mike carries Tracy into the house after a midnight dip.]]

Tracy Lord is the elder daughter of a wealthy [[Philadelphia Main Line]] socialite family. She was married to C.K. Dexter Haven, a yacht designer and member of her social set, but divorced him two years prior because, according to her father, he does not meet the standards that she sets for all her friends and family. She is soon to marry the wealthy George Kittredge.

In New York, ''Spy'' magazine publisher Sidney Kidd is eager to cover the wedding and assigns reporter Mike Connor and photographer Liz Imbrie. Kidd intends to use the assistance of Dexter, who has been working for ''Spy'' in South America. Dexter tells Kidd that he will introduce them as friends of Tracy's brother Junius, a diplomat in [[Argentina]]. Tracy is not fooled, but Dexter tells her that Kidd has threatened her family's reputation with an innuendo-laden article about her father's affair with a dancer. Tracy deeply resents her father's infidelity, which has prompted her parents to live separately. Nonetheless, to protect her family's reputation, she agrees to let Mike and Liz stay and cover her wedding.

Dexter is welcomed by Tracy's mother Margaret and teenage sister Dinah, much to Tracy's frustration. She soon discovers that Mike has admirable qualities and finds his book of short stories in the library. As the wedding nears, she finds herself torn among George, Dexter, and Mike.

The night before the wedding, Tracy becomes drunk, kisses Mike and takes an innocent midnight swim with him. When George observes Mike carrying Tracy into the house afterward, he assumes the worst. The next day, George tells her that he was shocked and feels entitled to an explanation before proceeding with the wedding. She admits to having no excuse and realizes that he does not really know her and has loved her as an idealized, perfect angel, so she cancels the engagement.

Tracy realizes that the guests have arrived and are waiting for the wedding ceremony to begin. Mike quickly volunteers to marry her, but she graciously declines because she perceives that Liz is in love with him. Dexter then offers to remarry her, and she gladly accepts.

==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Cary Grant]] as C.K. Dexter Haven
* [[Katharine Hepburn]] as Tracy Samantha Lord 
* [[James Stewart]] as Macaulay "Mike" Connor
* [[Ruth Hussey]] as Elizabeth "Liz" Imbrie
* [[John Howard (American actor)|John Howard]] as George Kittredge
* [[Roland Young]] as William Q. Tracy (Uncle Willie)
* [[John Halliday (actor)|John Halliday]] as Seth Lord
* [[Mary Nash (actress)|Mary Nash]] as Margaret Lord
* [[Virginia Weidler]] as Diana "Dinah" Lord
* [[Henry Daniell]] as Sidney Kidd
* [[Lionel Pape]] as Edward, a footman
* Rex Evans as Thomas, the butler
* David Clyde as Mac, the night watchman (uncredited)
* [[Hilda Plowright]] as the Librarian (uncredited) 
}}

==Production==
{{quote box|width=30em|bgcolor=#c6dbf7|align=right|quote="Everyone had enormous fun on the movie. The days and nights were sweltering that summer of 1940, but nobody cared. Cary got along very well with Kate Hepburn. She enjoyed him pushing her through a doorway in one scene (so she fell over backward) so much that she had him do it to her over and over again. There was a scene in which she had to throw Cary out the door of a house, bag and baggage, and she did it so vigorously he fell over and was bruised. As he stood up, looking rueful, Kate said, "That'll serve you right, Cary, for trying to be your own stuntman."|source=—Cameraman [[Joseph Ruttenberg]], recalling ''The Philadelphia Story'' (1940).{{Sfn|Higham|Moseley|1990|p=129}}}}
Broadway playwright [[Philip Barry]] wrote the play specifically for Hepburn, who financially supported the play and declined a salary in return for a percentage of the profits.<ref name=tcmarticle /> Her costars were [[Joseph Cotten]] as Dexter Haven, [[Van Heflin]] as Mike Connor and [[Shirley Booth]] as Liz Imbrie.<ref name=ibdb />

The original play, starring Hepburn, ran for 417 performances.<ref name=ibdb />

Hepburn had hoped to create a film vehicle for herself that would erase the label of "box office poison" that she had acquired after a number of commercial failures (such as ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]''). [[Howard Hughes]] purchased the film rights for the play and gave them to her. Hepburn then sold the rights to MGM's [[Louis B. Mayer]] for $250,000 and the power of final approval of the film's producer, director, screenwriter and cast.<ref name=tcmnotes /><ref name=tcmarticle />

[[File:Philadelphia Story 13.jpg|thumb|275px|Hepburn as Tracy Lord and Stewart as Mike Connor]]

Hepburn selected director [[George Cukor]], with whom she had worked for ''[[A Bill of Divorcement (1932 film)|A Bill of Divorcement]]'' (1932) and ''[[Little Women (1933 film)|Little Women]]'' (1933), and Barry's friend [[Donald Ogden Stewart]], a writer experienced with adapting plays to the screen.<ref name="tcmarticle">{{Cite web |last=Melear |first=Mary Anne |date=February 27, 2023 |title=The Philadelphia Story |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/12778/the-philadelphia-story#articles-reviews |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref> Stewart, who won an Oscar for the script, said that "getting an Oscar for ''The Philadelphia Story'' was the easiest Oscar you could imagine. All you had to do was get out of the way." He wrote the script while listening to a tape recording of a live performance of the play to ensure that he preserved the lines that received the most laughter.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Eyles |first1=Allen |title=Backstory: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age |last2=Gillet |first2=John |publisher=University of California Press |year=1986 |isbn=978-0520056893 |editor-last=McGilligan |editor-first=Patrick |pages=344–345 |chapter=David Ogden Stewart: Politically Conscious}}</ref>

Hepburn wanted [[Clark Gable]] to play Dexter Haven and [[Spencer Tracy]] to play Mike Connor, but both had other commitments.<ref name=":1" /> The pairing of Cukor and Gable might have been problematic in any case, as they had clashed during the filming of the recent ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'', with Cukor replaced by Gable's friend [[Victor Fleming]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Dinitia |date=2005-03-22 |title=The Antic Birth Pangs of 'Gone With the Wind' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/22/theater/newsandfeatures/the-antic-birth-pangs-of-gone-with-the-wind.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230426174315/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/22/theater/newsandfeatures/the-antic-birth-pangs-of-gone-with-the-wind.html |archive-date=April 26, 2023 |access-date=2023-04-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Grant agreed to play the part only if he were afforded top billing and that his salary would be $137,000, which he donated to the [[British War Relief Society]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Page |first=Eric |date=December 1, 1986 |title=Cary Grant, Movies' Epitome of Elegance, Dies of A Stroke |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/01/obituaries/cary-grant-movies-epitome-of-elegance-dies-of-a-stroke.html |access-date=August 4, 2019 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

According to the documentary ''MGM: When the Lion Roars'', after Mayer purchased the film rights, he was skeptical about Hepburn's box-office appeal and took the unusual precaution of engaging two top male stars (Grant and Stewart) to support Hepburn.

The film was in production from July 5 to August 14, 1940,<ref>IMDB [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032904/business Business data]{{unreliable source?|date=September 2024}}</ref> five days under schedule,<ref name="tcmnotes" /> at MGM's studios in [[Culver City, California|Culver City]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garbarino |first=Steve |date=May 25, 2024 |title=The Estate That Inspired "The Philadelphia Story" Hits the Market |url=https://airmail.news/issues/2024-5-25/red-white-and-blueblooded |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=[[Air Mail (magazine)|Air Mail]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Reception==

===Release===
[[File:Philadelphia Story, The - (Trailer).ogv|thumb|Theatrical trailer]]
The film premiered in New York City on December 26, 1940 and was shown in select theaters in December, but MGM had agreed to hold its general release until January 1941 to avoid competition with the stage play<ref name="tcmnotes" />  that was touring the country.<ref name="ibdb" /> It entered general American release on January 17, 1941.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Philadelphia Story — Overview |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/12778/the-philadelphia-story#overview |website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref> It broke a box-office record at [[Radio City Music Hall]] by earning $600,000 in just six weeks.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

According to MGM records, the film earned $2,374,000 in the U.S. and Canada, and $885,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $1,272,000.<ref name="Mannix" />

===Critical reception===
[[File:Philadelphia Story 12.jpg|thumb|Grant as C.K. Dexter Haven, and John Howard as George Kittredge]]Writing for ''The New York Times'' in 1940, [[Bosley Crowther]] wrote that the film "has just about everything that a blue-chip comedy should have—a witty, romantic script derived by Donald Ogden Stewart out of Philip Barry's successful play; the flavor of high-society elegance, in which the patrons invariably luxuriate; and a splendid cast of performers headed by Hepburn, Stewart, and Grant. If it doesn't play out this year and well along into next, they should turn the [[Radio City Music Hall|Music Hall]] into a shooting gallery ... Metro and Director George Cukor have graciously made it apparent, in the words of a character, that one of 'the prettiest sights in this pretty world is the privileged classes enjoying their privileges'. And so, in this instance, will you, too."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |author-link=Bosley Crowther |date=December 27, 1940 |title=A Splendid Cast Adorns the Screen Version of 'The Philadelphia Story' at the Music Hall |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F04E0D71F3CE73ABC4F51DFB467838B659EDE |access-date=December 18, 2011 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

[[Life (magazine)|''Life'']] named ''The Philadelphia Story'' its film of the week in January 1941, describing it as "among the best funny pictures" of the year.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=Jan 6, 1941 |title=Movie of the week: The Philadelphia Story |pages=31 |magazine=LIFE |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M0oEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA31 |access-date=April 26, 2023}}</ref>

The film has a [[List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes|100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 101 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10. The consensus reads: "Offering a wonderfully witty script, spotless direction from George Cukor, and typically excellent lead performances, ''The Philadelphia Story'' is an unqualified classic."<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 1, 1940 |title=The Philadelphia Story |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/philadelphia_story/ |access-date=June 10, 2021 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> Rotten Tomatoes has also ranked it as the best [[romantic comedy]] of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Romantic Comedies |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/best_romantic_comedies/# |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211145650/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/best_romantic_comedies/ |archive-date=February 11, 2009 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|96|13|access-date=March 7, 2025}}<ref>{{Cite Metacritic |title=The Philadelphia Story |id=the-philadelphia-story |type=movie |access-date=March 7, 2025}}</ref>

The film was the last of four starring Grant and Hepburn following ''[[Sylvia Scarlett]]'' (1935), ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'' (1938), and ''[[Holiday (1938 film)|Holiday]]'' (1938).

===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"
|-
! 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>

==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 – 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" />

==In popular culture==
The final scene from the film is viewed by two characters in season seven, episode eight of ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', "[[Gilmore Girls season 7|Introducing Lorelai Planetarium]]." Another scene is viewed in season four, episode fourteen of ''[[Gossip Girl]]'', "[[Gossip Girl season 4|While You Weren't Sleeping]]."
In ''[[The Half of It]]'' (2020), two of the characters watch and discuss the movie.

Despite taking place in 1938, a character in ''[[Double Indemnity]]'' (1944) makes a reference to the title of the film and play.

==See also==
* [[List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes]], a film-review aggregator website

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{Cite book |last1=Higham |first1=Charles |url=https://archive.org/details/carygrantlonelyh00high |title=Cary Grant: The Lonely Heart |last2=Moseley |first2=Roy |publisher=Avon Books |year=1990 |isbn=978-0-380-71009-6 |url-access=registration}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|The Philadelphia Story (film)|The Philadelphia Story}}
{{wikiquote|The Philadelphia Story}}
* {{IMDb title|0032904}}
* [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-philadelphia-story-am6860 ''The Philadelphia Story'' at AllMovie]
* {{TCMDb title|12778}}
* {{AFI film|27639}}
* {{Rotten-tomatoes|philadelphia_story}}
* [http://www.carygrant.net/reviews/philadelphia.html Historic reviews, photo gallery at CaryGrant.net]
* {{Cite news |last=Callahan, Michael |date=December 2010 |title=The Story Behind ''The Philadelphia Story'' |work=[[Philadelphia (magazine)|Philadelphia]] |url= https://www.phillymag.com/news/2010/11/26/feature-the-story-behind-the-philadelphia-story|access-date=January 10, 2024}}
* [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/5076-the-philadelphia-story-a-fine-pretty-world "''The Philadelphia Story'': A Fine, Pretty World"], an essay by Farran Smith Nehme at the [[Criterion Collection]]

===Streaming audio===
* [http://www.doctormacro.com/Radio%20Shows/Lux%20Radio%20Theater/LUX%20-%201942-07-20%20(Philadelphia%20Story,%20The).mp3 ''The Philadelphia Story''] on [[Lux Radio Theater]]: July 20, 1942
* [http://www.doctormacro.com/Radio%20Shows/Lux%20Radio%20Theater/LUX%20-%201943-06-14%20(Philadelphia%20Story,%20The).mp3 ''The Philadelphia Story''] on [[Lux Radio Theater]]: June 14, 1943
* [https://archive.org/download/ScreenGuildTheater/Sgt_47-03-17_ep339_Philadelphia_Story.mp3 ''The Philadelphia Story''] on [[Screen Guild Theater]]: March 17, 1947

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