
It Happened One Night(1934)
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.


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

Cary Grant
C.K. Dexter Haven

Katharine Hepburn
Tracy Lord

James Stewart
Macaulay 'Mike' Connor

Ruth Hussey
Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie

John Howard
George Kittredge

Roland Young
Uncle Willie

John Halliday
Seth Lord

Mary Nash
Margaret Lord

Virginia Weidler
Dinah Lord

Henry Daniell
Sidney Kidd
The Philadelphia Story is a comedy, romance film released in 1940 exploring themes of journalist, philadelphia, pennsylvania, strong woman, photographer, journalism, swimming pool. Directed by George Cukor, it stars Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart. 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.
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