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The Philadelphia Story
- Actor: Cary Grant
- Director: George Cukor
- Actor: James Stewart
Timeline
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939/03/00 | Katharine Hepburn | Owner | With support from Howard Hughes, the Theatre Guild, and playwright Philip Barry, actress Katharine Hepburn acquires the film rights to "The Philadelphia Story", securing control of the property that will revive her screen career. | ||||
| 1939/03/00 | Howard Hughes | Financier | With support from Howard Hughes, the Theatre Guild, and playwright Philip Barry, actress Katharine Hepburn acquires the film rights to "The Philadelphia Story", securing control of the property that will revive her screen career. | ||||
| 1940/12/26 | George Cukor | Director | "The Philadelphia Story" opens, creating "the longest line in the 8 year history of the Radio City Music Hall." - Time Magazine | Radio City Music Hall | New York City | ||
| 1940/12/26 | James Stewart | Actor | "The Philadelphia Story" opens, creating "the longest line in the 8 year history of the Radio City Music Hall." - Time Magazine | Radio City Music Hall | New York City | ||
| 1940/12/30 | Cary Grant | Actor | Patrons "queued up during a spell of foul weather to pay top prices" for The Philadelphia Story and within four days "had set a new record for the period with 110,168 paid admissions in the nation's No 1 movie house." - Time magazine | Radio City Music Hall | New York City |
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| Particulars for The Philadelphia Story: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Narrative Arts | Comedy, Humor | the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech. | |
| Art Type | Film | ||
| Narrative Arts | Live Action | ||
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
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