For the most part, I am not a fan of film remakes and am certainly against the remaking of great classic films. There’s just no need for it. Remakes are very rarely any good – especially when compared to the originals. My feeling is leave our classics alone and expose new generations read more
On August 22, 2011, on a now-defunct personal blog, I published this FR (S) review of George Cukor’s The Philadelphia Story. A recent conversation about watching old movies on PBS in the pre-cable era got me thinking about this film, which I first saw on PBS with my late grandmother … read more
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940) marks the turning point in Hepburn’s
film career. She had decided to return home in 1938 after being labeled “box office poison”
for a series of failed costume dramas at RKO. After a h read more
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
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The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940) marks the turning point in Hepburn’s
film career. S read more
The Philadelphia Story (1940) marks the turning point in Hepburn’s film career. She had decided to return home in 1938 after being labeled “box office poison” for a series of failed costume dramas at RKO. After a hurricane swept away her family’s Fenwick home, Hepburn tried to piece her life read more
Wait…this was a comedy? Shortly after Tracy (Katharine Hepburn) and Dexter (Cary Grant) are married they have a heated divorce. Two years later, she’s getting ready to marry respectable George. Dexter has plans to spoil the big day and even get it in the dreaded tabloid, Spy, after blackmailing read more
