The 1940 movie directed by George Cukor stars Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord, an upper-class young woman who's about to be married. Since the wedding of a member of a prominent Philadelphia family is news, reporter Mike Connor (James Stewart) sneaks into the family celebrations. Meanwhile, Tracy's ex-husband C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) has shown up despite the bride-to-be clearly not being pleased to see him.
Hepburn portrayed Tracy in the stage play of "Philadelphia" before taking on the role for the film version, and the actress was given choice of director, screenwriter, producer, and fellow actors for the movie.
Grant requested what was a very high salary at the time for the film. He later donated the entire sum to the British War Relief Fund.
