Displaying 1 of 1 2017 ● DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials Uniform Title: Philadelphia story (Motion picture) Title: The Philadelphia story / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; screen play by Donald Ogden Stewart ; produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz ; directed by George Cukor. Edition: Two-DVD special edition. Publisher, Date: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017] Description: 2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) 4 3/4 in. stamping digital optical stereo 5.1 Dolby Digital full screen (1.37:1) NTSC video file DVD video region 1 Summary: "With this furiously witty comedy of manners, Katharine Hepburn revitalized her career and cemented her status as the era's most iconic leading lady--thanks in great part to her own shrewd orchestrations. While starring in the Philip Barry stage play The Philadelphia Story, Hepburn acquired the screen rights, handpicking her friend George Cukor to direct. The intoxicating screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart pits the formidable Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord (Hepburn, at her most luminous) against various romantic foils, chief among them her charismatic ex-husband (Cary Grant) who disrupts her imminent marriage by paying her family estate a visit, accompanied by a tabloid reporter on assignment to cover the wedding of the year (James Stewart, in his only Academy Award-winning performance). A fast-talking screwball comedy as well as a a tale of regret and reconciliation, this convergence of golden-age talent is one of the greatest American films of all time"--Container. Target Audience Note: MPAA rating: Not rated. Series: Criterion collection ; 901 Criterion collection ; 901. Subjects: Divorced women -- Drama. Journalists -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- Drama. Divorced men -- Drama. Divorced men. Divorced women. Journalists. Man-woman relationships. Genre: Film adaptations. Romantic comedy films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films -- United States. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Romantic comedy films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Other Author: Cukor, George, 1899-1983, film director. Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1894-1980, screenwriter. Mankiewicz, Joseph L., film producer. Grant, Cary, 1904-1986, actor. Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003, actor. Stewart, James, 1908-1997, actor. Hussey, Ruth, 1911-2005, actor. Howard, John, 1913-1995, actor. Young, Roland, 1887-1953, actor. Halliday, John, 1880-1947, actor. Nash, Mary, 1885-1976, actor. Weidler, Virginia, 1926-1968, actor. Ruttenberg, Joseph, 1889-1983, director of photography. Sullivan, Frank, 1896-1972, editor of moving image work. Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967, composer (expression) Motion picture adaptation of (work): Barry, Philip, 1896-1949. Philadelphia story. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher. Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940. Based on the play by Philip Barry. Features: New 4K digital restoration; Audio commentary from 2005 featuring film scholar Jeanine Basinger; In Search of Tracy Lord, a new documentary about the origin of the character and her social milieu; New piece about actor Katharine Hepburn's role in the development of the film; Two full episodes of the Dick Cavett show from 1973, featuring rare interviews with Hepburn, plus an excerpt of a 1978 interview from that show with director George Cukor; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1943, featuring an introduction by filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille; Restoration demonstration; Trailer; An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme. Director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg ; editor, Frank Sullivan ; music, Franz Waxman. Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, John Howard, Roland Young, John Halliday, Mary Nash, Virginia Weidler, Henry Daniell, Lionel Pape, Rex Evans. DVD, NTSC, region 1; 4:3 full screen (1.37:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural. English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). Contents: disc one. [Feature film + special features] -- disc two. [Special features]. Call Number: Phi Total Copies: 2 Available Copies: 0 Current Holds: 0 ISBN: 9781681433738 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Location/Availability Annotations Trade Reviews Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
