The Philadelphia Story (1940) Quotes with Sound Clips

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Discover the best lines from the classic film "The Philadelphia Story" with our collection of quotes featuring sound bites from the movie.

Actors: James Stewart (Macaulay Connor), Cary Grant (C.K. Dexter Haven), Katharine Hepburn (Tracy Lord)

3 more actors

, Ruth Hussey (Elizabeth Imbrie), Virginia Weidler (Dinah Lord), Roland Young (Uncle Willie)

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41 How about you? You drink, don't you? Alcohol, I mean. -Oh, a little. -A little? And you a writer? Tsk, tsk, tsk. I thought all writers drank to excess and beat their wives. You know, at one time I think I secretly wanted to be a writer.

42 I was the only photographer whose camera you didn't smash. You were terribly nice about it. You threw it in the ocean.

— Elizabeth Imbrie (Ruth Hussey)

43 My first party, and about time. Can I have a cocktail? -Certainly not. -It's a dirty gyp.

— Dinah Lord (Virginia Weidler)

44 Now, this is where Cinderella gets off. Now you hurry back to the ball before you turn into a pumpkin and six white mice. Good-bye.

— Macaulay Connor (James Stewart)

45 That's all you have to say? -What else? I wish, for your sake as well as mine, I had an explanation, but, unfortunately, I've none.

— Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn)

46 The young, rich, rapacious American female. No other country where she exists.

— Macaulay Connor (James Stewart)

47 There was a Chinese poet who was drowned while trying to kiss the moon in the river. He was drunk. -I'd say as much. -But he wrote beautiful poetry.

48 These stories are beautiful. Why, they're almost poetry. -Well, don't kid yourself. They are.

— Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn), Macaulay Connor (James Stewart)

49 Was he here too? -Sure. -Good golly, why didn't you sell tickets?

— Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn)

50 Well, lack of wherewithal, I guess. -But that doesn't always cause unhappiness, does it? Not if you're the right kind of man.

— Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn), Macaulay Connor (James Stewart)

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