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Encyclopedia > Philip Barry

Philip Barry (June 18, 1896 - December 3, 1949) was an American playwright. Though most known for his comedies about manners, he also wrote serious dramas. Many of his plays were adapted for television in the 1950s. Perhaps his most famous work is The Philadelphia Story (1939), which was made into a popular 1940 film starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart. Hepburn, a close friend of Barry, starred in the play on Broadway, bought the movie rights, and restarted her flagging Hollywood career with the film version. June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 romantic screwball comedy starring James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. ... Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an iconic four-time Academy Award-winning American star of film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. ... Cary Grant Archibald Alexander Leach (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986), better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was a British-born American film actor. ... There are several individuals by the name of James Stewart. ...


Plays

  • A Punch for Judy, 1921
  • You and I, 1923
  • The Youngest, 1924
  • In a Garden, 1925.
  • Paris Bound, 1927
  • John, 1927
  • Holiday, 1928
  • Cock Robin (with Elmer Rice), 1928
  • Hotel Universe, 1930
  • Tomorrow and Tomorrow, 1931
  • The Animal Kingdom, 1932
  • The Joyous Season, 1934
  • Bright Star, 1935
  • Spring Dance, 1936
  • Here Come the Clowns, 1938
  • The Philadelphia Story, 1939
  • Liberty Jones, 1941
  • Without Love, 1942
  • Foolish Notion, 1945
  • Second Threshold, 1951, completed by Robert Sherwood

Robert Emmet Sherwood (4 April 1896–14 November 1955) American playwright, editor, and screenwriter. ...

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Philip Barry: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (737 words)
Barry's drama about a young lawyer who decides to abandon his career for a carefree life of pleasure is seen both as a defense of the hedonism of the 1920s and a satire on the idle rich.
Barry shifts from his characteristic comedy of manners to fantasy, as a group of Americans meet at a villa on the Riviera to shed their neuroses through psychological and uncanny means.
Barry's comedy shows a man divided between his wife and his mistress, with the witty conclusion that the faithfulness of a relationship is not confined to matrimony.
Philip Barry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (157 words)
Philip Barry (June 18, 1896 - December 3, 1949) was an American playwright.
Hepburn, a close friend of Barry, starred in the play on Broadway, bought the movie rights (with the help of her ex-boyfriend Howard Hughes), and successfully restarted her previously flagging Hollywood career with the film version.
Philip Barry was born in Rochester, N.Y. and died in New York City, aged 53, of undisclosed causes.
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