together today, then on Wednesday we will discuss the male actor's individual films and on Friday, the female actor's individual films. Our twosome for today has been featured in an earlier post, but we feel they are so special, we must feature them again due to their status as the one of the most beloved couples to ever grace the silver screen.Today, let's talk Classic Movies of Spencer Tracy and
Katharine Hepburn! This terrific team was comprised of two dynamic and accomplished actors who created an amazing number of classic motion pictures both together and apart. He was a two-time, back-to-back winner of the Academy Award for best actor while she was an incredible four-time Academy Award winner for best actress. Many of their individual screen appearances will be discussed later in the week, but it is their nine films together that we wish to 
present today. Most are considered classics and include Woman of the Year (1942), a delightful comedy about two reporters from very different backgrounds who fall in love, marry, and find they have very little in common (except love, of course); Keeper of the Flame (1942), a serious drama involving the 
mysterious death of an idealized statesman; Without Love (1945), a very funny comedy co-starring Lucille 
Ball and Keenan Wynn; Sea of Grass (1947), a Western drama of range violence and marital infidelity; State of the Union (1948) has Tracy’s character running for President of the United States; Pat and Mike (1952), another delightful comedy which displays Ms. Hepburn’s 
tremendous athletic ability; Desk Set (1957) humorously presents the dawning of the computer age; and of course, their final pairing in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) in which both were nominated for Academy Awards. Ms. Hepburn won, but Mr. Tracy did not. He, in fact, had died after the making of the movie and was nominated posthumously. After 25 years, the Tracy-Hepburn collaboration had come to an end, both on and off the screen.Our favorite of all the Tracy-Hepburn vehicles is (drum-roll please) 1949’s
Adam’s Rib. This hilarious “battle between the sexes” tale pits married lawyers, Adam and Amanda Bonner (Tracy and Hepburn), against each other in a courtroom/bedroom romp that truly is classic comedy. The great supporting cast of Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell, David Wayne, and Jean Hagen add their considerable talents to the humorous antics in and out of the courtroom, making Adam’s Rib one of the most delightful romantic comedies ever filmed. The witty dialogue by married screenwriters, Garson Kanin and Ruth 
Gordon, is also superb. Don’t miss the fun! If you’ve never seen it, see it soon! If you’ve seen it before, see it again! We love it! We hope you will, too. If you have a favorite Tracy-Hepburn film, let us know. We love to talk about classic movies!**Trivia Question for Today: What are Amanda’s and Adam’s nicknames for each other in Adam’s Rib? The answer will appear in our next post. Check out Let's Talk Classic Movies every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Trivia Answer for Previous Post: Ginger Rogers appeared as the Queen in
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s TV musical production of Cinderella in 1965. The cast also included Lesley Ann Warren as Cinderella, Stuart Damon as the Prince, Walter Pidgeon as the King, Celeste Holm as the Fairy Godmother, and Jo Van Fleet as the Wicked Stepmother.
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