It’s the best-loved of the four movies Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant made together, and the one that also stars Jimmy Steward. Another George Cukor production, this was Hepburn’s triumphant entry into MGM, and her middle finger to the “box office poison” label of the late 1930s. “Hullo, George!”
The Philadelphia Story
Host Shelly Brisbin with Annette Wierstra, Paul Sabourin, Micheline Maynard and Judy Samelson
Referenced Works The Philadelphia Story Show Notes & LinksThe Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film * The Philadelphia Story (1940), trailer * Available to stream, rent or buy digitally * On disc: Criterion Blu-ray or DVD
Next time, we’ll watch The Apartment (1960)
Katharine Hepburn's Style in "The Philadelphia Story