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.
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Character
Classical in form, comic, warm and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
Who loves it, who doesn't
29 profiled raters. Loved most by The Comfort Seekers; disliked most by The Thrill Chasers.
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Cast
- Cary GrantC.K. Dexter Haven
- Katharine HepburnTracy Lord
- James StewartMacaulay 'Mike' Connor
- Ruth HusseyElizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
- John HowardGeorge Kittredge
- Roland YoungUncle Willie
- John HallidaySeth Lord
- Mary NashMargaret Lord
- Virginia WeidlerDinah Lord
- Henry DaniellSidney Kidd
Crew
- George CukorDirector
- Donald Ogden StewartScreenplay
- Waldo SaltScreenplay
- Joseph RuttenbergDirector of Photography
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
- Frank SullivanEditor
- Joseph L. MankiewiczProducer
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Barefoot in the Park 196772% alikeBoth classical in form, comic, intimate.
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles 198772% alikeBoth classical in form, comic, warm.
Harvey 195071% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, warm.
The Thin Man 193471% alikeBoth classical in form, cool.
Spaced 199965% alikeSeries · Both comic, warm, cool.
Our Flag Means Death 202264% alikeSeries · Both comic.
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