| Uniform Title |
Philadelphia story (Motion picture : 1940) |
| Title |
The Philadelphia story / directed by George Cukor. |
| Edition |
Two-disc special edition |
| Published |
copyight1940 |
| [United States] : Turner Entertainment ; Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2005]. |
| Description |
2 DVD-videos (NTSC)(113 min.) : sd., b&w ; 12 cm. |
| 1 DVD-video (107 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 12 cm. |
| Video Characteristics |
DVD PAL |
| Digital File Characteristics |
video file DVD video Region 2 Region 4 Region 5 |
| Form of Work |
Motion picture |
| Notes |
Disc characteristics: DVD Region 1. |
| Based on the play by Philip Barry. |
| Special features include: scene selection ; optional audio commentary ; George Cukor movie trailer gallery ; "Katharine Hepburn : all about me - a self portrait" ; "The men who made the movies : George Cukor" ; Robert Benchley short "That inferior feeling" ; cartoon "The homeless flea" ; audio radio adaptations. |
| 66990. |
| Originally released as a motion picture : United States : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940. |
| Credits |
Producer, Joseph L. Mankiewicz ; director, George Cukor ; screenplay, Donald Ogden Stewart ; music, Franz Waxman. |
| Performers |
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey. |
| Summary |
A sophisticated romantic comedy about a rich, spoiled socialite who learns some things about who she is and what she really wants on the eve of her second marriage. |
| Target audience note |
Censhorship classification: PG. Contains: adult themes. |
| System details |
Region 4, PAL. Dolby digital. |
| Language note |
Soundtrack in English, with optional subtitles available in English, French or Spanish. |
| Subjects |
Self-acceptance in women -- Drama |
| Brides -- Drama |
| Marriage -- Drama |
| Screwball comedy films |
| Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Genre |
Comedy films |
| Other Names |
Cukor, George, 1899-1983 director. |
| Grant, Cary, 1904-1986 actor. |
| Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003 actor. |
| Mankiewicz, Joseph L. producer. |
| Barry, Philip, 1896-1949. Philadelphia story |
| Added Corporate Names |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Turner Entertainment Co |
| Added titles |
Katharine Hepburn : all about me - a self portrait. |
| The men who made the movies : George Cukor. |
| That inferior feeling. |
| The homeless flea. |
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