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Timeline[]

Format Cover Release Date(s) Publisher Notes
VHS August 25, 1981 MGM/CBS Home Video
Betamax
CED
The Philadelphia Story (CED)
1982 RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs
VHS
The Philadelphia Story (VHS)
1987 MGM/UA Home Video
Laserdisc
The Philadelphia Story (Laserdisc)
January 12, 1987
VHS
The Philadelphia Story (Silver Top VHS)
April 18, 1989
Laserdisc
The Philadephia Story (Laserdisc Reissue)
March 4, 1992 New Remastered Edition
VHS 1990s
DVD
The Philadelphia Story (Original DVD)
September 30, 1997
VHS
The Philadelphia Story (WB VHS)
2000 Warner Home Video Special Edition
DVD
The Philadelphia Story (WB DVD)
May 2, 2000
The Philadelphia Story (2005 DVD)
March 1, 2005 Two-Disc Special Edition
Included in Classic Comedies Collection
The Philadelphia Story (2010 DVD)
November 9, 2010
November 14, 2017 The Criterion Collection
Blu-ray
The Philadelphia Story (Blu-ray)

Supplements[]

1987 VHS[]

Video
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MGM-UA Warning 1
MGM Home Entertainment FBI Warning 2c
MGM Home Entertainment FBI Warning 2d
MGM Home Entertainment FBI Warning 2e
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MGMUA Home Video (1982-1993)
3
Turner Entertainment (1987) 4
4 The Philadelphia Story
5
MGMUA Home Video (1982-1993)

2005 DVD[]

Video
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Whv-96-full-screen
3 The Philadelphia Story
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Warner Home Video (Warning 5)

2005 DVD Menus[]

Disc 1: Movie[]

Menus Features
Scene Selections 1. Credits.
2. Uncoupling.
3. Bride's high standards.
4. George saddles up.
5. The Philadelphia story.
6. Spies invade the manor.
7. Dexter's small blackmail.
8. Lydia the Tattooed Lady.
9. Tracy meets the press.
10. The family for lunch.
11. Library research.
12. Patron lady.
13. Virgin goddess.
14. "My, she was yar."
15. Right kind of daughter.
16. Exposed and pinched.
17. Drinks for everyone.
18. Talkative visitor.
19. Class system.
20. Hearthfires and holocausts.
21. Advice to Liz.
22. The mighty fallen.
23. Eye openers.
24. Dinah's dream.
25. Missing memory and watch.
26. Not very yar.
27. George's letter.
28. There goes the groom.
29. Tracy's announcement.
30. Cast list.
Special Features Commentary by Historian Jeanine Basinger
George Cukor Movie Trailer Gallery
George Cukor Movie Trailer Gallery Dinner at Eight (1933)
Little Women (1933)
The Women (1939)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Gaslight (1944)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Pat and Mike (1952)
A Star is Born (1954)
Les Girls (1957)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Languages Spoken Languages
English
Subtitles
English
Francais
Español
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Disc 2: Special Features[]

2017 DVD and Blu-ray[]

Video
1
The Criterion Collection (2006-)
2 The Philadelphia Story

2017 DVD and Blu-ray Menus[]

Menu Features
Chapters 1. Opening credits
2. Divorce
3. "Two Years Later"
4. George Kittredge
5. Dime and Spy, Incorporated
6. The southparlor
7. "Dexter, you've come back!"
8. "How do you do? I'm Tracy Lord"
9. Uncle Willie
10. Public library
11. The swimming pool
12. The True Love
13. "Well, now you know"
14. "Everybody should have a good time"
15. "Blackmail, huh?"
16. Tracy and Mike
17. Dexter, George, and Mike
18. A rough morning
19. Dinah's dream
20. "What's the matter with your chin?"
21. "Was he here too?"
22. George's letter
23. The wedding
24. Color bars
Commentary 1. MGM's golden era
2. Silent slapstick
3. Katharine Hepburn and the play
4. The Wrong Man
5. Cary Grant in the middle
6. James Stewart's performance
7. A tailor-made role
8. Art direction
9. Ensemble comedy playing
10. Opening up the play
11. Reaction shots
12. Hepburn and Grant
13. Hepburn's Oscars
14. Adrian
15. "Slightly Drunk"
16. Joseph Ruttenberg
17. Joseph Mankiewicz
18. Visual comedy
19. A well-written scene
20. Douglas Shearer's sound recording
21. The curtain stays up
22. George Cukor's style and pacing
23. "A human goddess"
24. Color bars
Supplements Trailer

Restoration Demonstration
In Search of Tracy Lord
A Katharine Hepburn Production
Katharine Hepburn on The Dick Cavett Show
George Cukor on The Dick Cavett Show
Lux Radio Theatre

Katharine Hepburn on The Dick Cavett Show Episode One
Episode Two
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