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| | dOc DVD Review: The Philadelphia Story: SE (1940) |
 | | In other roles, Ruth Hussey cracks wise as the acerbic Liz (and received an Oscar nomination), Roland Young excels as the jovial Uncle Willie, and Virginia Weidler—one of the era's most underrated child stars—almost steals the show as plucky Dinah, Tracy's precocious younger sister. |
 | | The first, broadcast in July of 1942 as the initial installment of a new series called Victory Theater, features Grant, Hepburn, Stewart (then a lieutenant in the Army Air Corps), Hussey, and Virginia Weidler in an hour-long adaptation that somehow manages to truncate the story without sacrificing its style, wit, or substance. |
 | | The second broadcast, performed for the Lady Esther Screen Guild Playhouse almost five years later (and without Hussey or Weidler), trims the story down to a mere 30 minutes, excising any mention of Tracy's father or his infidelities, and severely condensing Tracy's transformation. |
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