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The Philadelphia Story (1940)

★ 7.6 · 973 ratings on TMDB

Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE!

The Philadelphia Story poster★ 7.6

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

DirectorGeorge Cukor
CastCary Grant, Henry Daniell, James Stewart, John Halliday, John Howard, Katharine Hepburn
GenresComedy, Romance
The emergence reading

The Philadelphia Story keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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