Philadelphia Story

In George Cukor’s The Philadelphia Story, a definite class struggle is carried out in the pursuit of Tracy Lord (Katherine Hepburn). George Kitteridge (John Howard), a “new-money” industrialist with political aspirations, is engaged to Tracy. Upon the eve of their marriage, Tracy’s old husband and childhood friend C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) comes back in order to requite his love. A third suitor, a poetic writer named MaCauley Conner (James Stewart), also …showed first 75 words of 1499 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1499 total…a high priest to a virgin goddess, chaste and virginal.” He too once suffered from the same affliction that George and Mike have. But, in confronting Tracy, he shows that the only true way to love her is to denounce her hated position as a goddess, not to worship it. In marrying her, the idea of marriage as an understanding between two people “seeking a haven” from the world’s false perceptions is truly realized.