The Philadelphia Story (1940)
A couple of years after a a very public divorce, socialite Tracy is set to marry the "up from nothing" George. Her ex Dexter now works for Spy magazine and, in order to quash a story about Tracy's father's philandering, he has convinced his editor to send a reporter and photographer to cover the wedding instead.
With Cary Grant as Dexter (still beloved by the family), Jimmy Stewart as Mike the reporter (and frustrated "serious" author with little regard for the useless rich), and Katharine Hepburn as Tracy (trying to move on if her emotions would only let her), there's never a dull moment. I mean, what a trio. It's witty, silly, passionate, lovely and deeper than I understood when I first saw this in my teens.
B+
Labels: 1940, Bplus, Comedy, Oscar Winner, Romance
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