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REGENT THEATRE

“PHILADELPHIA STORY.” Tonight there will be shown an excellent comedy, “Philadelphia Story,’ starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart. It presents a dazzling new Katharine Hepburn as a comedienne of the first rank, with versatile Grant and Stewart as her gay companions in a picture that is fresh, witty and bright. From the moment Grant pushes Miss Hepburn in the face and walks out to become her ex-husband, the film moves with fast paced, breezy action, punctuated at intervals with surprise laughs, because this is a picture that follows none of the familiar formulas. The setting is a Philadelphia home of the socially elite, and Miss Hepburn plays a girl of high ideals who has no use for human frailties, particularly in a husband. That’s why she gets rid of Grant. He has a few faults. When Miss Hepburn picks a second husband, she chooses a stalwart man of the people, played to the hilt by John Howard. Grant, realising that she is making a mistake, causes a sensation by returning for the wedding. He brings with him Stewart, a reporter ‘for a keyhole magazine, and Ruth Hussey, Stewart's girl friend. They proceed to make Miss Hepburn's life miserable, but she fights back until her own foot slips. It would be giving away a novel and clever plot to reveal which boy gets the girl. The stars are perfectly cast and uniformly excellent.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 August 1941, Page 8

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REGENT THEATRE Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 August 1941, Page 8

REGENT THEATRE Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 August 1941, Page 8

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