Woman of the Year [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

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:	0715515196215
Original Release:	1942
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:54:00
Sales rank:	22,997

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

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Woman of the Year
1. Feuding Columnists
2. Calling A Truce
3. A Woman In The Press Box
4. Tess's Fete
5. "Vichy Calling"
6. Women's Rights
7. A Kiss Good-Bye
8. Pinkie's Place
9. "Even When You're Brilliant"
10. The Proposal
11. Twelve-Minute Celebration
12. Coming Home
13. Wedding-Night Interruptions
14. "It's A New Hat"
15. Football With Mr. Harding
16. Tess's Big Surprise
17. Taking Care Of Chris
18. Woman Of The Year
19. After The Banquet
20. A Telegraph From Ellen
21. "Anyone I Know?"
22. A Wedding
23. Breakfast Gone Awry
Disc #2 -- Woman of the Year
1. Life Is a Journey
2. Alice Adams
3. Early Life
4. Hollywood
5. Laurel And Hardy
6. Swing Time/Gunga Din
7. Woman Of The Year
8. The More The Merrier
9. World War II
10. I Remember Mama
11. A Place In The Sun
12. The Director's Guild
13. Shane
14. Giant
15. The Diary Of Anne Frank
16. The Greatest Story Ever Told
1. Opening [4:40]
2. The Power And The Glory [3:43]
3. Family Life/Up The River [2:32]
4. New Studio/Riffraff [5:28]
5. Gable And Tracy [4:04]
6. Fury/Captains Courageous [7:10]
7. The Old Man And The Sea/Boys Town [5:25]
8. Northwest Passage/Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde [5:36]
9. Woman Of The Year [7:13]
10. Adam's Rib/Pat And Mike [8:19]
11. The Actress/Father Of The Bride [6:13]
12. Keeper Of The Flame/State Of The Union [3:42]
13. Bad Day At Black Rock [5:02]
14. Judgment At Nuremburg [6:15]
15. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner [3:08]
16. Kate's Letter To Spence [7:51]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Woman of the Year
   Play The Movie
   Chapters
   Supplements
      George Stevens Jr.
      George Stevens
      Marilyn Ann Moss
      Katharine Hepburn: Woman Of The Century
      Trailer
Disc #2 -- Woman of the Year
   George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
      Play
      Index
   The Spencer Tracy Legacy
      Play
      Index