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The Philadelphia Story

Episode #25: The Philadelphia Story (with Kyle Stevens)

Veronica Fitzpatrick & Chad Perman·
Issue 119: Katharine HepburnPodcast
Joining us this month to wax rhapsodic about Katharine Hepburn is film professor, author, and Hepburn devotee Kyle Stevens.
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From Goddess to Human Being: Tracy Lord’s Journey in The Philadelphia Story

Elizabeth Cantwell·
Issue 119: Katharine Hepburn
In The Philadelphia Story, Katharine Hepburn pulls off an impressive trick: creating a character we struggle to identify with—who distances herself from others purposefully—but whom we can’t help rooting for anyway.
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Perfect Playmates: Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant

Julia Sirmons·
Issue 93: Dynamic Duos
Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn | Art by Tony Stella
Hepburn and Grant tumble toward happy endings through chaos and adventure, misunderstandings and trickery, all with an effortless grace.
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A Slap on the Back and Heavy Mist Before the Eyes

Karina Wolf·
Issue 23: Funny Bones
The Philadelphia Story (1940) | art by Sophia Foster-Dimino
"The time to make up your mind about people is never," that colossal line of dialogue, the film’s humanist credo, is the reason I’ve loved The Philadelphia Story for so long.
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