The Philadelphia story / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; screen play by Donald Ogden Stewart ; produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz ; directed by George Cukor.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Cukor, George, 1899-1983, film director.
• Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1894-1980, screenwriter.
• Mankiewicz, Joseph L., film producer.
• Grant, Cary, 1904-1986, actor.
• Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003, actor.
• Stewart, James, 1908-1997, actor.
• Hussey, Ruth, 1911-2005, actor.
• Howard, John, 1913-1995, actor.
• Young, Roland, 1887-1953, actor.
• Halliday, John, 1880-1947, actor.
• Nash, Mary, 1884-1976, actor.
• Weidler, Virginia, 1926-1968, actor.
• Ruttenberg, Joseph, 1889-1983, director of photography.
• Sullivan, Frank, 1896-1972, editor of moving image work.
• Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967, composer (expression).
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.
• Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Series:

• Criterion collection ; 901.
• Criterion collection ; 901

Standardized Title:

• Philadelphia story (Motion picture)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Barry, Philip, 1896-1949--Film adaptations.
• Barry, Philip, 1896-1949.
• Divorced women--Drama.
• Journalists--Drama.
• Man-woman relationships--Drama.
• Man-woman relationships.
• Journalists.
• Divorced women.

Genre:

• Drama.
• Film adaptations.
• Romantic comedy films.
• Feature films.
• Fiction films.
• Feature films -- United States.
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
• 4 3/4 in.
• stamping

Edition:

Two-DVD special edition.

Place of Publication:

[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]

Language Note:

Open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

System Details:

• DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.37:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
• digital
• optical
• monaural
• full screen (1.37:1)
• NTSC
• video file
• DVD video
• region 1

Summary:

"The ... screenplay ... pits the formidable Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord against various romantic foils, chief among them her charismatic ex-husband who disrupts her imminent marriage by paying her family estate a visit, accompanied by a tabloid reporter on assignment to cover the wedding of the year. ... A fast-talking screwball comedy as well as a a tale of regret and reconciliation, this convergence of golden-age talent is one of the greatest American films of all time"--Container.

Participant:

Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, John Howard, Roland Young, John Halliday, Mary Nash, Virginia Weidler, Henry Daniell, Lionel Pape, Rex Evans.

Credits:

Director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg; editor, Frank Sullivan; music, Franz Waxman.

Notes:

• Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1940.
• Based on The Philadelphia story / by Philip Barry.
• Features: new 4K digital restoration; audio commentary from 2005 featuring film scholar Jeanine Basinger; In Search of Tracy Lord, a new documentary about the origin of the character and her social milieu; new piece about actor Katharine Hepburn's role in the development of the film; two full episodes of the Dick Cavett show from 1973, featuring rare interviews with Hepburn, plus an excerpt of a 1978 interview from that show with director George Cukor; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1943, featuring an introduction by filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille; restoration demonstration; original theatrical trailer; an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme.

Related Work:

Motion picture adaptation of: Barry, Philip, 1896-1949. Philadelphia story.

ISBN:

• 9781681433738
• 1681433737

OCLC:

1006761459

Publisher Number:

• 715515205818
• CC2823DDVD The Criterion Collection