
Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE!
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
- 7.6
- 1940
- Released
- 1h 53m

Cary Grant
C.K. Dexter Haven
Katharine Hepburn
Tracy Lord
James Stewart
Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
Ruth Hussey
Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
John Howard
George Kittredge
Roland Young
Uncle Willie
John Halliday
Seth Lord
Mary Nash
Margaret Lord
Virginia Weidler
Dinah Lord
Henry Daniell
Sidney Kidd
Lionel Pape
Edward
Rex Evans
Thomas
King Baggot
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Hillary Brooke
Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
Veda Buckland
Elsie (uncredited)
Lita Chevret
Manicurist (uncredited)
Russ Clark
John the Chauffeur (uncredited)
David Clyde
Mac (uncredited)
Robert De Bruce
Dr. Parsons (uncredited)
Dorothy Fay
Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
Claude King
Uncle Willie's Butler (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Florine McKinney
Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Bartender (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
Librarian (uncredited)
Helene Reynolds
Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
Mildred Shay
Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
Joseph Sweeney
Butler (uncredited)
Sally Cleaves
Party Guest (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Paul Power
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Party Guest (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Party Guest (uncredited)

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- #journalist
- #philadelphia, pennsylvania
- #strong woman
- #photographer
- #journalism
- #swimming pool
- #remarriage
- #hangover
- #reporter
- #black and white
- #divorcee
- #screwball comedy
- #socialite
- #ex-husband ex-wife relationship
- #high society
- #fiancé fiancée relationship
- #divorced couple
- #family estate
- #inebriated
- #imminent wedding
- #kid sister
- #mischievous
- #tabloid journalism
- #comedy of remarriage
- #romantic
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My, it's yar. The high-society goings-on of socialite Tracy Lord, who's about to remarry, and her ex-husband, C.K. Dexter Haven. All this could make a good news story, if the paper sends in the right man. Enter Macaulay Connor, an unassuming reporter who deals with more than his share of the crazy antics, and nearly gets married, before the film's end. This is an excellent, funny, and wholly











