Woman of the Year [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Overview

Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn costarred for the first time in the delectable romantic comedy Woman of the Year. Tracy plays New York sportswriter Sam Craig, who becomes incensed at comments about the uselessness of sports made by foreign correspondent Tess Harding (Hepburn). Sam and Tess subsequently use their respective columns to carry on a feud-at least, until they finally meet face to face. After Sam takes Tess to her first baseball game (one of the funniest scenes ever committed to celluloid), the two fall in love. Once married, however, their happiness is threatened by their wildly divergent lifestyles (Sam hadn't intended to spend his honeymoon helping to hide a prominent European refugee from the authorities, nor is Tess prepared for her husband's rowdy sports-oriented pals). When Tess is voted "Woman of the Year," a jealous Sam walks out on her. She endeavors to win him back by cooking him breakfast-with disastrous results. Despite their oil-and-water relationship, Sam and Tess are made for each other, and they're back together for the final fadeout. A hands-down winner at the box office, Woman of the Year earned a "best original screenplay" Oscar for Ring Lardner Jr. and Michael Kanin. Nominated for an award was director George Stevens, an RKO contractee brought to MGM at Hepburn's insistence. And need we remind you at this late date of the subsequent lifelong romance between stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn?

Product Details

Release Date:	04/18/2017
UPC:	0715515196116
Original Release:	1942
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:54:00
Sales rank:	13,118

Special Features

New interview with George Stevens Jr.; 1967 audio interview with George Stevens; New interview with George Stevens biographer Marilyn Ann Moss; New interview with writer Claudia Roth Pierpont on actor Katharine Hepburn; George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey, a 112-minute 1984 documentary by George Stevens Jr.; The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn, an eighty-six-minute documentary from 1986; Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Spencer Tracy	Sam Craig
Katharine Hepburn	Tess Harding
Fay Bainter	Ellen Whitcomb
Gladys Blake	Flo Peters
Reginald Owen	Clayton
Minor Watson	William Harding
William Bendix	Pinkie Peters
Dan Tobin	Gerald
Roscoe Karns	Phil Whittaker
William Tannen	Ellis
Ludwig Stossel	Dr. Martin Lubbeck
Sara Haden	Matron at Refugee Home
Edith Evanson	Alma
George Kezas	Chris
William Holmes	Man at Banquet,Man at Banquet
Henry Roquemore	Justice of the Peace
Cyril Ring	Harding's Chauffeur
Ben Lessy	Punchy
John Berkes	Pal
Duke York	Football Player
Winifred Harris	Chairlady
Joe Yule	Building Superintendent
Edward McWade	Adolph
Jimmy Conlin	Reporter
Ray Teal	Reporter
Michael Visaroff	Russian
Grant Withers	Al Dunlap
Connie Gilchrist	Mrs. Dunlap
Gerald Mohr	Radio Emcee
Franz Waxman	Composer

Technical Credits

Michael Kanin

Ring Lardner Jr.

George Stevens	Director
Michael Kanin	Screenwriter
Ring Lardner Jr.	Screenwriter
Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Producer