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30 April 1948 (USA)
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How's the State of the Union? It's GREAT!
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An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels. full summary | add synopsis
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Industrialist
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Compromise
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Politician
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Marriage
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Hotel
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(17 articles)
John King 'to replace Lou Dobbs on CNN'
(From digitalspy. 12 November 2009, 1:41 PM, PST)
Cooper Eyes Sadistic Thriller Playing 'The Devil's Double'
(From Rope Of Silicon. 10 November 2009, 1:22 AM, PST)
(From digitalspy. 12 November 2009, 1:41 PM, PST)
Cooper Eyes Sadistic Thriller Playing 'The Devil's Double'
(From Rope Of Silicon. 10 November 2009, 1:22 AM, PST)
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My favorite Tracy-Hepburn film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Spencer Tracy | ... | Grant Matthews |
 | Katharine Hepburn | ... | Mary Matthews (as Katherine Hepburn) |
 | Van Johnson | ... | 'Spike' McManus |
 | Angela Lansbury | ... | Kay Thorndyke |
 | Adolphe Menjou | ... | Jim Conover (as Adolph Menjou) |
 | Lewis Stone | ... | Sam Thorndyke |
| Howard Smith | ... | Sam I. Parrish |
| Charles Dingle | ... | Bill Nolard Hardy |
| Maidel Turner | ... | Lulubelle Alexander |
| Raymond Walburn | ... | Judge Alexander |
| Margaret Hamilton | ... | Norah |
| Art Baker | ... | Radio Announcer |
| Pierre Watkin | ... | Sen. Lauterback |
| Florence Auer | ... | Grace Orval Draper |
| Irving Bacon | ... | Buck Swanson |
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Also Known As:
The World and His Wife (UK)
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124 min
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UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (re-rating) (2005) |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
USA:Approved |
USA:Passed |
Finland:S |
Sweden:Btl
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Katharine Hepburn's , Adolphe Menjou's and George J. Folsey's names are misspelled in the opening credits because the distribution rights were originally owned by MGM, but only for seven years. The rights were then sold to another company, which had to create its own opening credits.
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Revealing mistakes: Adolphe Menjou's name is also misspelled, but only in the opening credits, where he is credited as 'Adolph'. In the closing credits, however, his named is spelled correctly.
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Lulubelle Alexander:
I haven't enjoyed myself this much since Huey Long died!
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Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)
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This is my favorite Tracy-Hepburn film and one of my favorite Frank Capra films. I recommend reading Capra's out-of-print biography, "The Name Above the Title" for the interesting story of the reaction to this film by official Washington in 1948.
Quite reminiscent of "Meet John Doe," the story tests the character of a man against the political power-brokers who want to use him for their own purposes. Ideals battle pragmatism in ways that still ring true 50+ years later.
Angela Landsbury is a wicked woman (can we call her a fem fa tale?) in an amazing performance foreshadowing her role in 1962's "Manchurian Candidate." Adolphe Menjou's sleazy political boss is about a greasy as they come.
All in all there is nothing like a Capra film to make me what to stick to my principles and listen to the people who really love me. Add to Capra's theme of the inherent wisdom of the people this first rate group of actors and you have two hours of time well spent.