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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