The Philadelphia Story (1940)- "Oh C.K.Dexter Haven!"

[@jgraham1426]

If you look closely at 1:21 when Jimmy Stewart hiccups, you'll notice both the actors almost laugh. Stewart didn't tell anyone that he was going to hiccup and Cary Grant went with it and improvised the line "Excuse Me." Two acting pros doing what they do best

[@brucebarton4645]

Stewart was brilliant in this scene. And how quick was Grant with the "Excuse me," not expecting that from Stewart.

[@TS-qq7vr]

I was surprised they left that in. Quite a long pause there grinning.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

@@TS-qq7vr there was a bloopers reel with this scene on it...Grant misses his cue due to being in awe of Stewart’s brilliant performance!

[@allys744]

Lol Jimmy’s character was drunk so it would make sense why he would hiccup

[@ryukan250]

This dialogue (and this movie) is 80 years old but sounds fresher than almost anything Hollywood is pumping out today.

[@sebastianksn]

To act drunk is a big hint on how good you are as an actor and Jimmy Stewart is exceptional in this scene. This scene - and all the other appearances he has done during his amazing career - clarifies the fact that he is one of the greatest actors that ever lived, and most likely _the_ greatest. Rest in peace Jimmy, you shall never be forgotten.

[@christophmessner6450]

Exactly

[@KennethHabeck-yg7ln]

Sebastian - did a fantastic job in the original Flight of The Phoenix

[@MuppetMollyStarGleek]

"C.K.Dexter Haven you have unsuspected DEPTH." I just wanna hug him.

[@alexandertraut3353]

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[@ingriddubbel8468]

Really, hug him, I wanted to jump him...in the film.

[@DGenerationX1311]

I just love this line!

[@helga4791]

I love that line! Not unexpected, unsuspected!

[@reginascruggs3326]

Jimmy is so great in this scene, I don't doubt he deserved his Oscar.

[@kristend344]

He was so great - Cary Grant was mesmerized watching him and missed his cue. They had to reshoot it.

[@giovannyespinoza6013]

He deserved his Oscar but as best supporting actor not best actor.

[@gkroll8467]

@@giovannyespinoza6013 Stewart is annoying

[@ked4]

I wish these two would've been in at least one more film together.

[@crazyman8472]

I know, right? They had such great chemistry together! 😎

[@marwamohammed4716]

I prefer that too, so sad they looks funniest and chemistry

[@donbrown1284]

Alfred Hitchcock's favorite actors with four films each between them.

[@kateplemons2480]

Agreed

[@jamesseamge9216]

Two of the best voices ever in one of the best scenes ever

[@cynthiaennis3107]

I totally agree! Love this clip!

[@Leafawn]

A total masterclass in acting from a couple of geniuses! They're like jazz musicians playing off each other. Thanks fellas, you were the best. RIP!

[@rickblaine1914]

"Doggone it, C.K. Dexter Haven, either I'm gonna sock you or you're gonna sock me." "Shalll we toss a coin?" Love it!

[@DivineSimply]

The greatest collection of talent and charisma together in one room since Bogart drank alone.

[@jojohairee9987]

A rewording of JFK quote about jefferson

[@srprincess]

This will go down as one of my favourite movie scenes EVER. I've seen this SO many times and I crack up every single time!

[@misscarly12]

Jimmy's voice is just soothing and the way he stares istg it could kill!

[@therehastobeme]

3 of the most iconic actors / actresses , Stewart , Hepburn and Grant

[@sclerismockrey8506]

"Can't you?" "No I can't you."

[@DGenerationX1311]

I just bloody love this film with these two! I love Cary Grant’s little smirks and a drunk James Stewart is just class!

[@7coco3]

I've seen a documentary about making this movie. Apperently the director was a little bit worried about this scene. Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant convinced him to do the scene and improvise a few things. They both had to do their best not to laugh at some moments. But the director was thrill. I think it is one of the best scene's of this movie! Just love it...

[@weirdTedE91]

I played Stewart's character in a radio play adaptation of Philadelphia Story last year. Glad I didn't watch this before hand or I might have realized how big the shoes were I had to fill...

[@meyay5757]

I'm surprised to learn that Hollywood labeled James Stewart as "unattractive" and made the character he plays say "I'm not pretty." in many of his earlier movies. What were they even thinking, he is so handsome.

[@dr.zahraasaad8644]

Exactly. When I discovered him on screen for the first time, I was mesmerized by his looks, his fresh handsomness, his beautiful manly features and physique let alone his enormous talent. Then when I start reading about him I was surprised to find that the MGM studios' heads labeled him the "unusually usual Guy"!. I think they wanted to sell the overly sex appeal image rather than innocent manhood in a leading actor to guarantee the box office success of a movie. However, when James Stewart talent were used by the right directors he proved them wrong and surpassed their expectations. His type of manliness attitude and sweet innocent nature were very rare then and even now there is no one like him. I believe that he so was a head of his time in terms of artistic talent and physical appearance. Extremly attractive and innately gifted beyond any labels and categorizations.

[@StephenDoty84]

When they ranked top actors in history, these two were near the top, along with Brando and Bogart. Good to see them in the same scene like this... Two heavyweights.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Amazing this movie is about 80 yrs old! Love these 2! ♥️♥️

[@bootss5202]

Jimmy Stewart played a great drunk.

[@izzy8246]

Jimmy was so handsome and so talented ♥

[@craudad94]

one of my favorite scenes ever filmed

[@bluecollarlit]

craudad94 mine, too

[@IliyaMoroumetz]

Such a great movie. Such a great scene. Such a great pair of actors.

[@donclark4685]

Actually what happened in this scene is that JS hiccupped and Cary ab-libbed "excuse me'. and Stewart almost cracked up.

[@fever_spike]

Don Clark Yep...though at 1:26 when Cary looks down at the table after Jimmy's "Uhmmm?" you can see both trying not to laugh.

[@007247rs]

Stewart's hiccup was adlibbed and he didn't tell anyone including Grant

[@stockvaluedotcom]

Grant in an interview said he kept blowing the early takes because he was so enthralled with Stewart's performance he forgot to say this lines.. You can see Cary several times looking away after Stewart did something, trying not to laugh. It is no wonder Jimmy was nominated for an Oscar (and should have won IMO) for his performance as Elwood P. Dowd, a man who liked a drink in the best way possible, as a fanciful contributor to mankind.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Great clip! I keep hoping to watch this for free! I have never seen it! Thank you! ♥️ Love both Grant & Stewart!

[@taylorhauntus]

Jimmy won the Oscar for his performance in The Philadelphia Story, I am so happy about it. Katharine should've won too.

[@TS-qq7vr]

12 nominations, 4 wins was a pretty good finish. I always thought her movie sister, 13-year old Virginia Weidler, should've gotten an Oscar. Funny as hell.

[@kristend344]

@@TS-qq7vr "My real name is Diana, but my sister changed it". I loved her performance.

[@kristend344]

She wasn't liked in Hollywood.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Fun fact: one of the times when Grant was looking at Stewart in amazement while they were sitting, he forgot his line! He knew Stewart was going to do something, but he was surprised about the hiccups! They’re both trying not to laugh! ♥️❤️

[@virgorising7388]

This is the scene that won him the Oscar.

[@ReahBudia]

Thanks for posting the full scene! One of my favorites.

[@vampylass3848]

9 fans of George Kittredge didn’t know that CK Dexter haven had unexpected depth.

[@veronicacampbell9095]

My favourite scene in the entire movie, along with Dinah singing Lydia the Tattooed Lady 😂

[@lindamoon2556]

I love this part of the film, I wonder how they mange to get through the movie. Such fine actor's all of them , I also like the uncle. Cary and Jimmy are two of my favorite actors such a loss now that they are no longer with us. Oh, I have this DVD in my collection. Absolutely great.

[@drtmuir]

Uncle Willie is Roland Young, a master comic actor. Check him out in Topper and Ruggles of Red Gap.

[@MartinRiosIII]

There’s nothing that compares to the endearing timelessness of this film.

[@jamesmessina2554]

“Yes they do don’t they”😂😂😂 this gets me every time

[@paulae2]

Stewart's interaction with the fox head is a really funny moment.

[@SeemaPrasad0930]

Stewart is simply out of the world.he is too good in this scene.I love watching this clip again and again.

[@StupidLamb251]

I love Jimmy Stewart! He's so amazing in ever one of is movies! I personally prefer him in his younger days as an actor, but he's still exquisite at an older age. :)

[@kathrynroat9139]

One of the best scenes from one of the best movies! ❤

[@allanpfeifer5270]

One of the funniest drunk scenes ever, right up there Catherine O' Hara in Waiting For Guffman.

[@helga4791]

The star power in this scene is off the charts. I would give body parts to see these actors in another movie together but not to be.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Of all the clips, this is my favorite! Love Grant & Stewart! ♥️♥️

[@joannaczyz4706]

C.K.Dexter Haaaaaven! :)

[@StephenDoty84]

+Joanna Czyz Hehe, some KZbinr uses "Dexter Haven" for his channel as a tribute now... Good channel, btw...

[@bigbow62]

Great film.... everyone in this one gives a wonderful performance ... but Jimmy & Cary back & forth are classic ! You can even see Jimmy break character for a split second the first time he hic-ups & Cary says "excuse me" 😉

[@eliseparsons4091]

I adore this film and this scene is golden. 🥰

[@Ajuhdnis]

I want someone who looks at Cary Grant like Jimmy stewart does at 0:44. Scratch that. I want Jimmy Stewart 😍

[@fever_spike]

“What’s up...?” “You are.”

[@jeanarthurVS]

I can't believe this is the only movie they had both of them together. Roger Thronhill vs Scotty

[@Rebecca_J_Bastian]

One of my favorite scenes in one of my favorite movies. :) And isn't Jimmy priceless? ;)

[@abhinayamarykoshy1264]

+Arabella Dawn - Oh, absolutely. I love Jim Stewart.

[@82easyrider]

I love his "Yes, they do - don't they?" LOLOL

[@forestkaatprescott8429]

I have never heard or read that Jimmy Stewart was drinking during this scene. I doubt it very much as this shoot required no retakes - rare for any film. Also, he improvised hicupping - you can see Cary trying not to laugh.

[@Ajuhdnis]

Forestkaat Prescott It looks like he was a bit drunk in this scene. Look at Cary Grant between 1:09 to 1:12 He is giving Jimmy some very explicit cues to get Jimmy to sit down.

[@TS-qq7vr]

He walks totally sober.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Wrong...this scene was done at least twice. It’s on a very long blooper reel of the Hollywood greatest actors from the Golden Age on YT. Grant misses his cue while they’re on the couch, when he is stunned by Stewart’s amazing acting of a drunk, said Grant after apologizing. This movie must have been a lot of fun to make for the 2 of them!

[@chrishk]

@@cynthiaennis3107 hi there! do you mind telling me the title of the bloopers video on youtube? thank you

[@abrahamkent]

Whoaw i found that Jimmy was more attractive than Cary in this movie!

[@abhinayamarykoshy1264]

+Abramkent Lincoln - Oh, me too, me too ! I love him !!!

[@Raulbikcube]

Yup.

[@ingriddubbel8468]

I love this movie!! C.K. Dexter Haven is hot: He looks like Cary Grant.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

He IS CARY GRANT! 😂

[@jerrythenipper2372]

I looked up what "coal to Newcastle" means - what CK Dex tells Mike when he asks if he could have a drink -- it means it's redundant (since Mike is already drunk)

[@reginascruggs3326]

"Carrying coals to Newcastle" is similar to "selling ice to Eskimos" - a pointless activity.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Thanks, had no idea what that meant!

[@cynthiaennis3107]

@@reginascruggs3326 Thanks, had no idea what that meant!

[@justmepercy720]

I believe that Jimmy is actually saying, "C.K. Dextra Haven". Just adds a little to the drunk image!

[@nerdimmunity7672]

Cary Grant realises he is a extra in this scene

[@andrewgardner8972]

2 of them should have been in a Alfred Hitchcock movie together since they both worked with Hitchcock on separate films. As a matter of fact, Jimmy Stewart was considered to play Roger thornhill in north by northwest but was rejected by Hitchcock because he was too old after doing vertigo a year before and also because Hitchcock wanted to work with Cary grant again after to catch a thief.

[@PeterHyatt]

What happened to script writing and acting in our generation?

[@bluecollarlit]

Peter Hyatt that is a good question

[@user-yz9kz6vt9y]

There are still some great movies being made here and there, but yes, cinema was something else back then.

[@aaronstark5060]

Who needs sharp writing when you have explosions and car chases.

[@nathanlawrence2484]

My girlfriend and I watched this earlier this year and we were laughing especially during this scene.

[@Buttercup3.3]

No I can't you

[@grudgerun]

"Coals to Newcastle"

[@marwamohammed4716]

They laugh was a real, I swear 😂 and the other scene when he asks him about his grandmother 😂

[@malafakka8530]

Is Stewart drinking out of several cups in one? That would make it even funnier.

[@MariaGarcia-eg4wk]

I love this movie can we see full episodes, 🙏 please.😊 ,

[@aaronstark5060]

You have unsuspected depth! 😂

[@TS-qq7vr]

Funny, but he doesn't walk drunk at all.

[@zoeeuniceinumerables698]

1:50 dri-drinking😂😂

[@UriahD85]

Imagine getting shit faced with jimmy stewart

[@chikakomaki6598]

My favorite scene 😂😂

[@radioheadtv3131]

Was he really drunk because damn those hiccups are for real. “I wonder if I’ll borrow a drink” I like how the other guy just went with it XD

[@cynthiaennis3107]

No, he surprised Grant with doing the hiccups & Grant’s come back of “excuse me,” was adlibbed! I saw a blooper real that showed all the greats in Hollywood’s Golden Age & this scene was in it! Grant missed his cue for his line & said he was sorry, he was so amazed by Stewart’s amazing performance that he was stunned. And he was! He just kept looking at Stewart, in the blooper reel, as if he could not believe it!

[@cynthiaennis3107]

The other guy is also one of the most famous...Cary Grant! These were 2 of the best actors of Hollywood’s Golden Age!

[@bulldwang1931]

Why only a clip, why not the entire film? What use a clip only? I wonder how many Dislikes this received

[@onjelbercier]

Were those real hiccups?

[@fameandjoy]

Method acting at it's best?

[@julianabeebee]

so james really was drunk? oh gosh i thought he was just acting! lol but still, how can one act like that, soooo well, when drunk! he really was one of a kind james stewart...

[@cynthiaennis3107]

No...an act! The hiccups were improvised!

[@dr.zahraasaad8644]

He was absolutly not drunk. He was so talented and nartural gifted actor that you would suspect he was actually drunk, that is how great he was. He was known for his professional behaviour and natural acting from his early movies. That man was phenominal in every way.

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