20-478: The Philadelphia Story may refer to: The Philadelphia Story (play) , a 1939 play The Philadelphia Story (film) , the 1940 film adaptation The Philadelphia Story (1959 film) , the 1959 TV film adaptation starring Gig Young "The Philadelphia Story" , an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
40-524: A London revival of Shaw's Pygmalion in the 1950s, but drinking had become a problem. She was arrested for making a scene in the street on a number of occasions and even spent a short spell on remand in Holloway Prison . She wrote frankly about this in her 1981 autobiography Keep on Dancing . Sarah Churchill died on 24 September 1982 at the age of 67. She is buried with her parents and three of her siblings (Marigold had previously been buried in
60-708: A key role in the Yalta conference , as they managed their temperamental fathers. Churchill is best known for her role in the film Royal Wedding (1951) as Anne Ashmond, romantic interest of Fred Astaire as Tom Bowen. In the same year, she had her own television show. She also appeared in He Found a Star (1941), Spring Meeting (1941), All Over the Town (1949), Fabian of the Yard (1954) and Serious Charge (1959). On 17 November 1950, Churchill starred in "Witness for
80-844: A live 60-minute adaptation of the play was broadcast on the CBS -TV series, The Best of Broadway . The cast included Mary Astor (Margaret Lord), Dorothy McGuire (Tracy Lord), Charles Winninger (Uncle Willie), Neva Patterson (Liz Imbrie), Richard Carlson (Mike Connor), Dick Foran (George Kittredge), John Payne (C.K. Dexter Haven) and Herbert Marshall (Seth Lord). A two-hour adaptation aired on NBC -TV on December 7, 1959, directed by Fielder Cook and starring Gig Young (C.K. Dexter Haven), Diana Lynn (Tracy Lord), Christopher Plummer (Mike Connor), Ruth Roman (Liz Imbrie), Mary Astor (Margaret Lord), Don DeFore (George Kittredge), Alan Webb (Seth Lord), and Leon Janney (Sidney Kidd). The instrumental theme for this version, " Tracy's Theme ",
100-513: Is a 1939 American comic play by Philip Barry . It tells the story of a socialite whose wedding plans are complicated by the simultaneous arrival of her ex-husband and an attractive journalist. The character of Tracy Lord was inspired by Helen Hope Montgomery Scott , a Philadelphia socialite known for her hijinks, who had married a friend of playwright Philip Barry . Barry wrote The Philadelphia Story specifically for Katharine Hepburn , who ended up not only starring in but also financially backing
120-454: The 1970s, Churchill commercially published a collaborative series of portraits of her father, Sir Winston Churchill through Curtis Hooper, entitled "A Visual Philosophy of Sir Winston Churchill". The series was carefully constructed by Churchill to represent her father's great drive. In the series, (28 in total) most of the works were based on famous photographs chosen by Churchill, while one was based on Churchill's drawing of her father. Each work
140-495: The American ambassador to Britain, John Winant ; it is believed the failure of the relationship contributed to the depression that led to Winant's suicide in 1947. Only Sarah's third marriage to Lord Audley (the love of her life, it was said) was greeted with warm approval by both parents. In 1964 Sarah became romantically involved with African-American emigrated jazz singer and painter, Lobo Nocho , and there were reports that
160-614: The Pembroke-in-the-round Theatre in West Croydon . Her parents were noted as paying a surprise visit to watch her performance, which was almost entirely attended by Croydon schoolchildren. Her father, who sat in the front row of an in-the-round performance and so was highly visible throughout, fell asleep. During the course of her life she created several lithographic prints. In the 1950s Churchill produced several prints featuring Malibu, California. Later in
180-734: The Prosecution", an episode of the American TV program Danger . She appeared on both the Jack Benny radio and television programmes. On television, she appeared on the episode "How Jack Met Rochester". In 1960, she appeared as Lisa Grayson in the play "The Night Life of a Virile Potato" by Gloria Russell at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London. In 1961, she appeared as Rosalind in Shakespeare's As You Like It at
200-408: The label, Hepburn accepted the film rights to the play from Howard Hughes , who had purchased them as a gift for her. She then convinced MGM 's Louis B. Mayer to buy them from her for only $ 250,000 in return for Hepburn having veto over producer, director, screenwriter, and cast. In 1940 the play was adapted to film , in a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture directed by George Cukor with Hepburn as
220-803: The name Sarah Oliver, Babington Smith says she was "a quick and versatile interpreter." Aspects of Churchill's wartime service are also described in detail in Women of Intelligence: Winning the Second World War with Air Photos. American author Christopher Ogden's biography of Pamela Harriman and other sources indicate that during the war she had an affair with (married) US Ambassador John Gilbert Winant , and that it ended badly. Winant committed suicide in 1947. Catherine Grace Katz 's book, The daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Family, Love, and War describes Sarah, Kathleen Harriman and Anna Roosevelt Halsted , playing
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#1732780650145240-601: The play, forgoing a salary in return for a percentage of the play's profits. Produced by the Theatre Guild , The Philadelphia Story opened on March 28, 1939, at the Shubert Theatre in New York City, and closed on March 30, 1940. The three-act comedy was directed by Robert B. Sinclair , with lighting and scenery by Robert Edmond Jones. Hoping to create a film vehicle for herself which would erase
260-690: The star, and starring Cary Grant as C.K. Dexter Haven and James Stewart as Macaulay Connor. In 1956, it was adapted to a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film version, High Society with Grace Kelly in the Tracy Lord role, Bing Crosby as C.K. Dexter Haven and Frank Sinatra as Macaulay Connor. Radio adaptations of The Philadelphia Story include a half-hour presentation on the Prudential Family Hour of Stars (February 26, 1950), starring Sarah Churchill , Norma Jean Nilsson , Gerald Mohr and Gene Kelly . An hour-long adaptation
280-517: The title The Philadelphia Story . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Philadelphia_Story&oldid=1194649659 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Philadelphia Story (play) The Philadelphia Story
300-600: The two might marry. Her father was also believed to have disapproved of this relationship. During the Second World War , Churchill joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF). In her account of the work of photo reconnaissance Evidence in Camera Constance Babington Smith records that she was with them and worked closely on the interpretation of photographs for the 1942 invasion of North Africa , Operation Torch . Known by
320-479: Was an English actress and dancer and a daughter of Winston Churchill . Sarah Churchill was born in London , the second daughter of Winston Churchill , later Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955, and Clementine Churchill , later Baroness Spencer-Churchill; she was the third of the couple's five children and was named after Sir Winston's ancestor, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough . She
340-498: Was broadcast August 17, 1952, on Best Plays , with a cast including Joan Alexander , Betty Furness , Myron McCormick and Vera Allen. The Philadelphia Story was adapted for the second season of the NBC -TV series, Robert Montgomery Presents . Starring Barbara Bel Geddes (Tracy Lord), Richard Derr (Macauley Connor) and Leslie Nielsen (C. K. Dexter Haven), the one-hour live program aired December 4, 1950. On December 8, 1954,
360-419: Was educated at Notting Hill High School as a day girl and later at North Foreland Lodge as a boarder. Churchill married three times: It has been both stated and confirmed by multiple sources, including Sarah Churchill's sister, Lady Soames, that Winston and Clementine Churchill neither liked nor approved of Sarah's first two husbands. Towards the end of her marriage to Vic Oliver, she began an affair with
380-446: Was given an embossed quotation by Sir Winston Churchill and was signed by both Sarah Churchill and artist Curtis Hooper in pencil and pressed with the artists seal. Artist proofs were made available for each work, with a run of no more than 150 artist proofs, per work, also signed by both Sarah Churchill and artist Curtis Hooper in pencil, below the portrait. All artist proofs bore the artist's embossed seal. Sarah Churchill appeared in
400-474: Was released as a single by Robert Mersey under the name "Spencer Ross" and became a Top 20 hit. Copyright for The Philadelphia Story was registered in 1939 by Barry and his wife, portrait artist Ellen Semple Barry , and was renewed by her in 1967. Her estate retains copyright to the play. Sarah Churchill (actress) Sarah Millicent Hermione Touchet-Jesson, Baroness Audley ( nÊe Spencer-Churchill ; 7 October 1914 â 24 September 1982),
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