Philadelphia Story The (1940)

Katharine Hepburn‘s comeback role after being labeled box office poison earned Jimmy Stewart his only Best Actor Oscar and also won the Best Writing Screenplay Oscar. Directed by George Cukor (Oscar nominated) this Oscar nominated film contains the famous scene with Cary Grant shoving Kate down through the front door of the house. Hepburn plays an heiress who threw out her husband (Grant) after a short time a couple of years ago and now plans to wed another (John Howard). But Grant returns with a reporter (Stewart) & photographer (Ruth Hussey) in tow to disrupt things. Hussey received a Supporting Actress nomination as well. Child actress Virginia Weidler plays Hepburn’s younger sister. Added to the National Film Registry in 1995. #51 on AFI’s 100 Greatest Movies list. #15 on AFI’s 100 Funniest Movies list. #44 on AFI’s 100 Greatest Love Stories list.

Later remade as a somewhat average musical High Society (1956) with Bing Crosby Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra (among others).

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