The Philadelphia Story
“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.
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Philadelphia Story performed
Budget
$914,000
Worldwide Gross
$3.3M
Gross Profit
$2.4M
Return
3.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$475K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
C.K. Dexter Haven
Cary Grant
C.K. Dexter Haven
Tracy Lord
Katharine Hepburn
Tracy Lord
Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
James Stewart
Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
Ruth Hussey
Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
George Kittredge
John Howard
George Kittredge
Uncle Willie
Roland Young
Uncle Willie
Seth Lord
John Halliday
Seth Lord
Margaret Lord
Mary Nash
Margaret Lord
Dinah Lord
Virginia Weidler
Dinah Lord
Sidney Kidd
Henry Daniell
Sidney Kidd
Edward
Lionel Pape
Edward
Thomas
Rex Evans
Thomas
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