Quote of the day
A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people, as no historical reconstruction can.
Philip Barry
Born: June 18, 1896
Died: December 3, 1949 (aged 53)
Bio: Philip James Quinn Barry was an American dramatist best known for his plays Holiday and The Philadelphia Story, which were both made into films starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant.
Known for:
- The Philadelphia Story (1940)
- High Society
- Holiday (1938)
- The Animal Kingdom (1932)
- Without Love (1945)