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Auction History Result 7a0191 PHILADELPHIA STORY 40x60 R1955 Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart, different image! Date Sold 12/27/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1955 Re-Release Theatrical Unfolded Forty by Sixty Movie Poster (40x60; measures 40" x 60" [102 x 152 cm]) (Learn More) The Philadelphia Story, the classic 1940 George Cukor (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) Pennsylvania romantic love triangle wedding comedy ("Howl with your happiest Hollywood stars!"; "Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - in love!"; "Based on the play by Philip Barry"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about a divorced socialite who is planning to remarry and have no press coverage, but her ex-husband is jealous, and he arranges through blackmail to have a reporter and a photographer attend, and many complications ensue) starring Cary Grant ("...he's a smoothie!"), Katharine Hepburn (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; "...she's a wild red-head!"), James Stewart (Jimmy Stewart; winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; "...he's a devil in the moonlight!"), Ruth Hussey (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), John Howard, Roland Young, John Halliday, Mary Nash, and Virginia Weidler. Note that James Stewart won the Best Actor Academy Award for this film and many feel it was to repay him for not winning the year before for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, but that is especially ironic, because he was given the Oscar over Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath, who surely deserved it! Also note that this movie was remade in 1955 as the musical High Society, with Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra in the lead roles. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this 1955 re-release 40x60 poster (with a great image of the top three stars), and that was 11 years ago! Note also that the poster says "AN MGM MASTERPIECE REPRINT" in the bottom right. This was a terminology used by MGM at this time for some re-releases, and it has caused some collectors to be confused! This poster is the original poster from the 1955 re-release of this movie, and is NOT a "reprint"! Condition: good to very good. The poster was likely displayed (or was once stored) on or next to a piece of cardboard and it has darkened on back with a slight corrugated "pattern" but fortunately it does not have much effect on the front. There is some water staining along portions of the lower edge (see our image). It has a few creases and small tears around the edges (only a few are somewhat loosely backed by tape) and there are a few creases and scuffs within the image (typical for many 40x60 posters fro this time period). It is otherwise in generally nice condition and one could certainly choose to display the very rare poster as is, but after proper restoration it would look great! Learn More about condition grades 
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