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COMEDY

ROMANCE

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.

name	character
King Baggot	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Hillary Brooke	Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
Robert De Bruce	Dr. Parsons (uncredited)
Veda Buckland	Elsie (uncredited)
Lita Chevret	Manicurist (uncredited)
Russ Clark	John the Chauffeur (uncredited)
David Clyde	Mac (uncredited)
Henry Daniell	Sidney Kidd
Rex Evans	Thomas
Dorothy Fay	Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
Cary Grant	C.K. Dexter Haven
John Halliday	Seth Lord
Katharine Hepburn	Tracy Lord
John Howard	George Kittredge
Ruth Hussey	Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
Claude King	Uncle Willie's Butler (uncredited)
Eric Mayne	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Florine McKinney	Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
Mary Nash	Margaret Lord
Lionel Pape	Edward
Lee Phelps	Bartender (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright	Librarian (uncredited)
Helene Reynolds	Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
Mildred Shay	Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
James Stewart	Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
Joseph Sweeney	Butler (uncredited)
Virginia Weidler	Dinah Lord
Roland Young	Uncle Willie

name
Philip Barry	writer (original)
George Cukor	director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz	producer
Waldo Salt	screenplay
Donald Ogden Stewart	screenplay
Franz Waxman	composer

year	award	category	name
1940	Academy Award	Best Actor in a Leading Role	James Stewart
1940	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Donald Ogden Stewart