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High society / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a Sol C. Siegel production ; screenplay, John Patrick ; directed by Charles Walters.
LIBRA DVD Judaica 121
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Barry, Philip, 1896-1949. Philadelphia story, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Barry, Philip, 1896-1949--Film adaptations.
- Barry, Philip.
- Barry, Philip, 1896-1949.
- Divorced women--Drama.
- Divorced women.
- Remarriage--Drama.
- Remarriage.
- Courtship--Drama.
- Courtship.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Comedy films.
- Musicals.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sheldon, Harvey (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 2000 and 2009]
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- In this musical comedy, a society wedding is being arranged in Newport, Rhode Island. The beautiful Tracy Samantha Lord is to marry George Kittredge. However, Tracy's ex-husband, the songwriter C.K. Dexter-Haven, has never stopped loving her and has hopes of winning her back. A New York scandal sheet reporter and photographer arrive to cover the wedding and complicate the tangled romances.
- Participant:
- Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm, John Lund, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer, Louis Armstrong and his Band.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Paul C. Vogel ; editor, Ralph E. Winters ; music and lyrics by Cole Porter ; music supervised and adapted by Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
- Based on the play, The Philadelphia story by Philip Barry.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by Harvey Sheldon.
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