Comic Gems
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
Monday, November 25th at 7:30 PM
Introduction by film historian Glenn Andreiev
$16 Public | $10 Members
With this furiously witty
comedy, Katharine Hepburn
revitalized her career and cemented her status as the era’s most iconic leading
lady. As the formidable
Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord (Hepburn) prepares for the wedding of the
year, she must contend with various romantic foils, chief among them her
charismatic ex-husband (Cary Grant),
who disrupts her imminent marriage accompanied by a tabloid reporter (James Stewart, in an Academy
Award–winning performance). A convergence of golden-age talent, this fast-talking
screwball comedy is one of the greatest American films of all time. (1940, 112
mins)