Top five vintage wedding movies

We all love a good old romantic chick-flick, especially when the plot is the classic boy-meets-girl-boy-gets-girl and the film ends with a big white wedding . Here at QueensOfVintage.com we’ve put together the top five vintage wedding films we love to watch over and over again.

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart star in this romantic comedy about remarriage. The remarriage plot line in which a couple divorce, flirt with outsiders and then remarry, was popular in the Thrities and Forties and a useful story-telling ploy at a time when depicting extramarital affairs was banned in American film.

In the film, Tracy Haven (Katharine Hepburn) is a wealthy Philadelphia socialite who had divorced C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant), a member of her social set, because he did not measure up to her exacting standards. She is about to marry nouveau riche businessman George Kittredge (John Howard) when Dexter and Spy magazine publisher Sidney Kidd come up with the idea of introducing tabloid reporter Macaulay “Mike” Connor (James Stewart) and photographer Liz Imbrie (Ruth Hussey) as friends of the family so they can report on the wedding.

However as the wedding nears, Tracy finds herself torn between her fiancé, her ex-husband, and the reporter. When George confronts Tracy about a harmless but drunken flirt with Mike, she is offended byhis lack of faith in her and breaks off the engagement. As the guest gather for the wedding ceremony and Tracy is left fiancé-less, Dexter steps in to exchange vows with her once again.

The film won six Oscars, but Hepburn’s wardrobe alone is worth watching this gem.

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