Since the time of Aristotle, romantic comedies have tried to tell a story about two people wondering whether or not they would end up together, as Billy Mernit (author of Writing the Romantic Comedy) informs . They also make us question what it means to be in a relationship and tell us something about ourselves. Romantic comedies were extremely popular among moviegoers during the golden age of the 1930s, as Daniel M. Kimmel (author of I'll Get What He's Having: Behind the Scenes of the Great Romantic Comedies) informs us. Good romantic comedies of this period were called "tears" or "three handkerchiefs" (Kimmel). As time has gone on, however, romantic comedies have shrunk to the point that romantic comedies seem to be dead these days (Mernit). Today, the romantic comedy is alive and well, but goes unrecognized due to its adaptation. The look of the romantic comedy may have changed, but the key elements haven't. The key elements of any romantic comedy include two characters who will meet and fall in love with each other, a conflict that will tear them apart, and an ending where love has changed the main characters and they will either accept or deny the Love. like the events of Philadelphia Story. To begin any romantic comedy there needs to be a meeting between the two main characters, be it ex-lovers, new acquaintances or, sometimes, even the worst of enemies. This meeting, as suggested by Mernit, does not "need to be a literal first meeting for the protagonists, but is a meaningful, hopefully fun, meeting in which the spark is ignited." This meeting is called “meet-cute” (Mernit). In Philadelphia Story things are a little different than you might expect. Instead of meeting a character... middle of paper... don't trust her. When he finds out that everyone is already there for the wedding, Mike offers to marry her, but Tracy refuses because his photographer is in love with him. Dexter ends up convincing Tracy of his love for her and Tracy, in turn, accepts Dexter's love for her and they get married. The moral lesson taught by Philadelphia Story is the idea that relationships can be messy and difficult to maintain, even after marriage. Tracy and Dexter Haven found that maintaining a relationship was hard work. To show this idea, the first few minutes of Philadelphia Story are silent and show Tracy and Dexter Haven having an argument in which Tracy breaks a golf club and Dexter ends up pushing Tracy to the ground before walking away. The silence lets the viewer know that there is a fight going on and that is all that is needed for the scene to be understood.