DC Public Library System

The Philadelphia story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; screen play by Donald Ogden Stewart ; produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz ; directed by George Cukor

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940Based on the play by Philip BarryFeatures: New 4K digital restoration; Audio commentary from 2005 featuring film scholar Jeanine Basinger; In Search of Tracy Lord, a new documentary about the origin of the character and her social milieu; New piece about actor Katharine Hepburn's role in the development of the film; Two full episodes of the Dick Cavett show from 1973, featuring rare interviews with Hepburn, plus an excerpt of a 1978 interview from that show with director George Cukor; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1943, featuring an introduction by filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille; Restoration demonstration; Trailer; An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme

Midwest Tape

black and white

monaural

Director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg ; editor, Frank Sullivan ; music, Franz Waxman

other

Two-DVD special edition.

9781681433738

videodisc

Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, John Howard, Roland Young, John Halliday, Mary Nash, Virginia Weidler, Henry Daniell, Lionel Pape, Rex Evans

2 videodiscs (112 min.), sound, black and white, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet (19 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)

sound on medium

videodisc

DVD, NTSC, region 1; 4:3 full screen (1.37:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural

715515205818

CC2823DDVD -- The Criterion CollectionCC2823DDVD-1--CC2823DDVD-2 -- The Criterion Collection

DVD