Woman of the Year (1942)
Woman of the Year was the first movie that Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy did together. They eventually made 9 films together, and in real life, they were in love and a couple for decades. They kept their romance hidden away in real life, but onscreen, they were one of the most dynamic and best matched couples in Hollywood history.
This movie is about two newspaper reporters who fall in love. She is a very succesfsul foriegn affairs correspondent and he is a moderately successful sports correspondent. They start off arguing, then they meet and begin to see one another romantically. They fall in love, but they continue to fight, because they don’t know who should take the lead in the relationship. After all, Katherine Hepburn is smart, cultured, and bossy. And Spencer Tracy is masculine, big and tough.
I don’t know why, but I wasn’t too excited to see this film. But, I forgot how talented actors back then were, and also I forgot how much more important the story, the acting and the chemistry of the characters has to be when you can’t rely on bells and whistles like CGI animation or shocking subject matter. This film was all about their two personalities, and about how they are both strong and fight for dominance over the other, and about how they get over that and just learn to love one another.
I think it’s a wicked film because what we really want to see is people interacting and taking an interest in life and learning to get along with one another despite all their differences. After all, that’s what we want to believe can happen in our own lives!
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Hi! Both were great. Katherine is great in African Queen (my best) and Lion in winter. Tracy was best in Judgement at Nuremberg, a great post war court drama(must see) and Mad Mad Mad World, a totally different rib splitting comedy.
Hi Rana, I will try and find African Queen and Lion in Winter and maybe I will write a post on them.