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In George Cukor's comedy The Philadelphia Story (1940), socialite Tracy Lord (Katherine Hepburn) is about to marry George Kittredge (John Howard) when her first husband, C. K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant), arrives with two reporters from a gossip...

The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 romantic screwball comedy starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart. Based on a Broadway play of the same name by Philip Barry, the film is about a bride-to-be whose plans are complicated by the...

PENNSYLVANIA Democrats have mostly themselves and Ed Rollins to thank (or blame) for the Justice Department team that is descending on Philadelphia to investigate alleged voting irregularities in last month's elections. Mr. Rollins's sounding off about Republican efforts to hold down the black vote...

Theatre is thriving as never before in the City of Brotherly Love A few opening scenes from the 1980s: Two Czech exiles sandblast a brick storefront that will house their edgy, visually rich productions of George Orwell, Albert Camus and Bertolt Brecht....

The sprawling estate of the wealthy family that inspired "The Philadelphia Story" is up for sale.Ardrossan, named after the Montgomery ancestral home in Ayrshire, Scotland, has been a retreat for the privileged for almost a century. Hope Montgomery Scott, the family head for most of...

The American Film Institute's original 1998 list of the top-100 American movies:1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.2. "Casablanca," 1942.3. "The Godfather," 1972.4. "Gone With the Wind," 1939.5. "Lawrence of Arabia," 1962.6. "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.7. "The Graduate," 1967.8. "On the Waterfront," 1954.9. "Schindler's List," 1993.10. "Singin'...