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Katharine Hepburn: Tracy Lord
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Spry romantic comedy with an office setting, as research department leader Katharine Hepburn pits her workers' wits against the electronic brain being brought in by efficiency expert Spencer Tracy. With Joan Blondell, Gig Young. 103 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; photo gallery; theatrical trailer; newsreel footage.
Synopsis: Usually associated with erudite, urbane comedies, the legendary screen team of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy goes intensely dramatic in the expensive western Sea of Grass. Tracy plays cattle baron Colonel James Brewton, who staunchly opposes opening the western frontier to homesteaders.Read More
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Husband-and-wife lawyers Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn face the biggest case of their professional lives when they take opposite sides in the trial of a woman accused of trying to shoot her philandering husband. Witty "battle of the sexes" comedy from Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin ... stars Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell, David Wayne. 100 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Hepburn was romantically linked to several men throughout her life. She had relationships with Hollywood agent Leland Hayward and multimillionaire Howard Hughes in the 1930s. However, her romance with Spencer Tracy was clearly her most important relationship. The two never married, due to the fact that Tracy was already married, and, because he was Catholic, couldn't divorce. However, they were together for almost three decades, frequently working and living together, and Hepburn admits that she loved him.
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ADAM’S RIB (1949), written by husband-and-wife team Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon, in which Tracy and Hepburn play husband-and-wife opposing attorneys, excels in witty repartee and ironic role reversals. In PAT & MIKE (1952), Kate displayed her skills at golf and tennis, while Spencer, as her manager, delighted audiences with his reading of the line: “Not much meat on her, but what there is, is cherce” [choice].
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Their two best films together were written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin and directed by Hepburn's forever friend George Cukor (10 collaborations across four decades). In the buoyant, caustic Adam's Rib, she is a lawyer so full of herself that she drives Tracy nuts. The effortlessly charming Pat and Mike showcases the athletic talents that her father had encouraged. Of the angular sportswoman, Tracy quips, "Not much meat on her, but what there is, is 'cherse.'"
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