starring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy
directed by David Heeley
87 minutes
Katherine Hepburn narrates this made for TV retrospective of Spencer Tracy's career in films, from 1930 to 1967.
Subjects covered in the movie include
- Tracy's early career at Fox
- Films he made with Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and others
- Films he made with Katherine Hepburn, including her memories of meeting him for the first time
- The last few films he made in the 1960s (Bad Day at Black Rock, Judgment at Nuremberg, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)
There is a laundry list of actors and other people who worked in the film industry that provide memories of working with Spencer Tracy including
- Angela Lansbury
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Stanley Kramer
- Garson Kanin
- Joan Bennett
- Lee Marvin
- Sidney Poitier
- Frank Sinatra
- John Sturges
- Robert Wagner
Spencer Tracy appears in lots of the clips from his films but there is no footage of interviews of him.
Hepburn talks briefly to Spencer Tracy's only daughter, Susie, about her father. Most of the documentary is about Tracy's career in front of the camera but there are a few peeks at his life away from the film industry.
This documentary won two primetime Emmy Awards. The director of this movie also directed a documentary about Katherine Hepburn.
This movie is one of the extras included on Disc 2 of the Criterion Collection DVD set of Woman of the Year.
Thoughts
I almost turned this movie off after 20 minutes. I'm not angry with myself for sticking with it but it isn't brilliant. It took me a while to get used to Katherine Hepburn's way of talking. There is a little bit about Woman of the Year but not as much as I hoped there would be. I'm sure that there are people who would enjoy this documentary more than me.
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