Screwball Summer: The Philadelphia Story

A fast-talking screwball comedy as well as a tale of regret and reconciliation, this convergence of golden-age talent is one of the greatest American films of all time.

With this furiously witty comedy of manners, Katharine Hepburn revitalised her career and cemented her status as the era’s most iconic leading lady—thanks in great part to her own shrewd orchestrations. While starring in the Philip Barry stage play The Philadelphia Story, Hepburn acquired the screen rights, handpicking her friend George Cukor to direct.

The intoxicating screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart pits the formidable Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord (Hepburn) against various romantic foils, chief among them her charismatic ex-husband (Cary Grant), who disrupts her imminent marriage by paying her family estate a visit, accompanied by a tabloid reporter on assignment to cover the wedding of the year (James Stewart, in his only Academy Award–winning performance).

From the gumball bottom to the cherry on top, QFT is having a Screwball Summer. We are celebrating the fast-talking farce of the screwball comedy with a season guaranteed to tickle your funny bone.

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• This Tuesday, 24th June, 06:30 pm, Docs Ireland: Move Ya Body: The Birth of House in Belfast
• This Wednesday, 25th June, 01:00 pm, Docs Ireland: North Cormorant Island in Belfast
• This Friday, 27th June, 06:15 pm, Docs Ireland: Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror in Belfast

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