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Philadelphia Story

Screen Guild Theater · March 17, 1947 · 29 min · 4,780 words

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Good evening. Tonight Lady Esther takes exceptional pride in presenting the Screen Guild players and Philip Barry's delightful modern classic, The Philadelphia Story. It stars the three brilliant players who made the story so memorable on the screen. Carrie Grant, Catherine Hepburn and Jimmy Stewart, the Lady Esther Screen Guild players in The Philadelphia Story.

Tracy Lourdes first marriage to C. K. Dexter Haven was dissolved by a vigorous right to the jaw. And now Tracy is about to be married again. The season's most important event to mainline society in Philadelphia, and streamlined journalism in New York, which brings us to the office of Mr. Kid, owner and editor of Spy Magazine.

Miss Embry, you'll take your camera, of course. Uh, Connor, you'll take your own special talents. Where? Yeah, what's the deal? Your assignment will be Spy's most sensational achievement. Tracy Lord. Tracy, big game hunting in Africa, Fox hunting in Pennsylvania, married on impulse and divorced in rage, And always unapproachable by the press. The unapproachable Miss Lord.

Now look here, a few things. The Philadelphia story. Closed with a portals of snobbish fox hunting. No, no, no, no, no, wait. No hunter of foxes is spy magazine. Nevertheless, presented for the first time, quote, a wedding day inside mainline society.

Or what the kitchen maid saw through the keyhole, unquote. You're the writer, Connor. I'm only the publisher. All right, publisher, take this. quote no hotter a buckshot on the rear is cagey crafty corner on quote close paragraph close job close bank account look mister kid how could we even get inside the estate let alone in the house

it's been arranged as well as yes and then please now there's no way to make a way won't do it's degrading demeaning on dignified so is an empty stomach not just relax hello How are you?

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