Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart: who should be your Valentine?

As the classic romantic comedy The Philadelphia Story returns to cinemas in time for Valentine’s Day, it’s time to choose who’d be your perfect date: Jimmy or Cary?

BFI Valentine’s Face off

Choosing between two of Hollywood’s most charming suitors poses quite a dilemma, as The Philadelphia Story brilliantly demonstrates. So we’ve made things easier by creating a playful quiz to help you determine your perfect Valentine.

When it comes to a person’s general disposition, you prefer…

A) Down to earth, everyman
B) A jet-setting social butterfly

You’re drawn to…

A) A modest style; vanity is a turn-off
B) Classy and well groomed

The following sounds like a fun activity

A) Painting model airplanes
B) Sunbathing on the beach

Your musical taste leans towards

A) Something playful on the accordion
B) Elvis Presley all the way!

Which fictional character would you go for?

A) Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird
B) James Bond

Now add up your scores…

If you got more As, your ideal Valentine is…

Jimmy Stewart

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

If you got more Bs, you’d make a fine match for…

Cary Grant

The Philadelphia Story (1940)
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