The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Joan Bennett	...	Herself
	Angela Lansbury	...	Herself
	Elizabeth Taylor	...	Herself
	Richard Widmark	...	Himself
	Joanne Woodward	...	Herself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Freddie Bartholomew	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Ernest Borgnine	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Charles Champlin	...	Himself
	John Philip Dayton	...	Himself
	Clark Gable	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Jean Harlow	...	Herself (archive footage)
	Katharine Hepburn	...	Host
	Garson Kanin	...	Himself
	Stanley Kramer	...	Himself
	Myrna Loy	...	Herself (archive footage)

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Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn formed one of the greatest couples of Hollywood's Golden Era -- both on screen and off.

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Documentary

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Not Rated

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 1986 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

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Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

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Educational Broadcasting Corporation, MGM/UA Television See more »

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Runtime:

87 min (TCM print)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

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Great Tribute

3 February 2009 | by Michael_Elliott – See all my reviews

Spencer Tracy Legacy, The (1986)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Katharine Hepburn hosts this documentary to Spencer Tracy, which takes a look at some of his best films as well as opens a few doors to his personal life. It's well known that Hepburn and Tracy were quite the couple so she has plenty of nice stories to tell about him be them personal or other stuff about his career. There's talk about his hatred for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde plus his hatred of having to film on location. Hepburn also takes us on tour of the MGM studio lot where he get to see the exact place where the two first met. Other great stories include some by Tracy's only daughter as she shares yearly notebooks that her father kept from 1937-42. This legendary actor gets some legendary stars to talk about him and these includes Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Joanne Woodward, Richard Widmark, Burt Reynolds, Joan Bennett, Stanley Kramer, Lee Marvin, Sidney Poitier and Mickey Rooney. The documentary doesn't go as deep as some people might enjoy but I think it gives some good, basic knowledge about the actor and it's clear everyone thought highly of him. Libeled Lady, Woman of the Year, Adam's Rib, Bad Day at Black Rock, Inherit the Wind and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner are just a few of the films looked at.

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