Comments on: The Philadelphia Story (1940)

By: How one romantic comedy could have been fixed | Piddleville

How one romantic comedy could have been fixed | Piddleville — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:57:44 +0000

[...] in the romantic relationships. Compare that to what you find in classic romantic comedies like The Philadelphia Story, When Harry Met Sally or The Shop Around the [...]

By: Music and Lyrics: It’s supposed to be light

Music and Lyrics: It’s supposed to be light — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:17:33 +0000

[...] The movie Music and Lyrics is a very light romantic comedy. That is all it aspires to be. Yet some of the reviews I’ve seen of it seem to dislike it for this very reason. I’m not sure why. What might their expectations be? Every romantic comedy will be The Philadelphia Story? [...]

By: How do you make movies about nice people? — Piddleville

How do you make movies about nice people? — Piddleville — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:16:48 +0000

[...] surrounding them – almost always other nice people. (Think of those classic Hollywood movies like The Philadelphia Story or My Man Godfrey or [...]

By: Piddleville » Blog Archive » You can’t watch the same movie twice

Piddleville » Blog Archive » You can’t watch the same movie twice — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:48:08 +0000

[...] The Philadelphia Story is a good example of that. I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve seen the movie but I return to it again and again because it always makes me laugh, always makes me feel good, and always fascinates me by the exceptional performances of Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn (individually and together). [...]

By: Does the world need another Casablanca review? — Piddleville

Does the world need another Casablanca review? — Piddleville — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:55:23 +0000

[...] can say this though (and it’s the same thing I said about The Philadelphia Story), apart from the fact that everything that can be said about Casablanca has probably been said, I [...]