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Film

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

When

Monday 24 Mar 2008 (4pm)

Where

BFI Southbank

Belvedere Road, SE1

020.7928.3232

Tube: Waterloo

Price

£5.75

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BFI Southbank says…

George Cukor's 1940 screwball classic has all the fixings of the perfect movie. From the Oscar-winning screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart to the ultimate dream triumvirate of Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart and Katharine Hepburn, <I>The Philadelphia Story</I> is a delightfully fast-talking, wise-cracking romp. The action centres on snarky socialite Tracy Lord's second marriage, and the chaos caused by members of her dysfunctional family when her ex-husband (Grant) reappears. Hepburn is at once hilarious and heartwarming in this gem of comedic filmmaking.