Three prime examples of Tracy & Hepburn at their best
Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy made nine films together: "Woman of the Year" and "Keeper of the Flame" (1942), "Without Love" (1945), "The Sea of Grass" (1947), "State of the Union" (1948), "Adam's Rib" (1949), "Pat and Mike" (1952), "Desk Set" (1957), and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967). I think the lineup for "The Hepburn & Tracy Signature Collection" would be slightly improved if you substituted "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" for "Pat and Mike," only because you would then have their first and last movies together, but the key moments from their final film are included on "The Spencer Tracy Legacy." "Woman of the Year" and "Adam's Rib" are the two best movies the legendary pair did together and represent their on-screen battles of the sexes at its best. The main common denominator between the three films selected are that the scripts were all at least nominated for Oscars.
It is hard to watch the moment in "Woman of the Year" when Tracy's Sam Craig, a...
"Hepburn...Tracy...Stevens...Cukor ~ Katharine & Spencer (1940 - 1967)"
Warner Home Video present "The Hepburn & Tracy Signature Collection" (Woman of the Year / Pat and Mike / Adam's Rib / The Spencer Tracy Legacy) --- (Dolby digitally remastered)...featuring top performances by actors to die for from the '30s, '40s and '50s with outstanding plot lines and screenplays...from memorable films that will leave you sitting on the edge of your seat completely engulfed in the story and every scene...so pop some popcorn, sit back and enjoy the movie.
First up we have "WOMAN OF THE YEAR" (1942) (114 min. B/W)...under director George Stevens, producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz, screenplay by Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner, Jr, original music by Franz Waxman. . . .the cast include Spencer Tracy (Sam Craig), Katharine Hepburn (Tess Harding), Fay Bainter (Ellen Whitcomb), Reginald Owen (Clayton), William Bendix (Pinkie Peters), Dan Tobin (Gerald), Gladys Blake (Flo Peters), Minor Watson (William Harding),Roscoe Karns (Phil Whittaker), William Tannen...
Two of the best actors, three of their best films
It goes without saying that Katharine Hepburn is probably the greatest actress that graced the screen. At least, in my opinion she is.
Spencer Tracy was also a brilliant actor. Without doubt one of the best in history also.
Any fan of one or the other, is most likely a fan of them both, as their 9 terrific films together provide is with one of the greatest Hollywood duos of all time, and truly an affair to remember.
This collection, containing three of their finest films, is a very good buy.
First off, Woman Of The Year, their first film together. Director George Stevens (who had directed Hepburn earlier in Alice Adams), does a masterful job, as do writers Ring Lardner, Jr. and Michael Kanin (from whom Hepburn got the script and went to Louis B. Mayer, head of MGM, and demanded Tracy as her leading man, and Stevens as her director. She had tried and failed to get Tracy once for The Philadelphia Story, having always been a fan, but succeeded in her...
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