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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 the help from Howard Hughes, Theatre Guild and the play's author, Philip Barry, Katharine Hepburn buys the film rights to "The Philadelphia Story". | ||||
| 1939/03/00 | Howard Hughes | Financier | With the help from Howard Hughes, Theatre Guild and the play's author, Philip Barry, Katharine Hepburn buys the film rights to "The Philadelphia Story". | ||||
| 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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