There are some movies that I could watch a million times and never ever get sick of them.
The Philadelphia Story is absolutely one of those movies. It's a great great old movie back in the days when it was perfectly alright for great movies to be called movies and not "films." Katherine Hepburn in stunning as Tracy Samantha Lords Haven (only divorced debutantes have such names!) and Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart (back before he was James) are perfect as her suitors.
Also you've got to love any movie where for a good hour of its two hour running time everyone as a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
There's also a musical version called High Society starring Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby with songs by Cole Porter. It is also fantastic and has one of my favorite Porter songs, "What A Swell Party This Is." But well, it still can't touch the original.
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