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Entries Tagged as 'Spencer Tracy'

Stanley and Livingstone (1939, Henry King)

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments

There are some beautiful sequences in Stanley and Livingstone, unfortunately, they’re mostly the second unit work from Africa. These sequences–the endless line of men trekking across great expanses–reveal the landscape and wild life of the continent with fervor. Later on, they’re even incorporated into a great rear projection. Spencer Tracy walks from the right of […]

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Tagged: 20th Century Fox· Charles Coburn· Hal Long· Henry King· Henry Travers· Julien Josephson· Philip Dunne· Sam Hellman· Spencer Tracy· Walter Brennan· ★★

State of the Union (1948, Frank Capra)

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Capra tries for another entry in his humanist series (Mr. Deeds, Mr. Smith and John Doe) and fails miserably. Two of the principal ingredients–Robert Riskin and Gary Cooper–are missing, but since State of the Union is from a play, it’s questionable if Riskin could have helped (Union’s problems are fundamental). As for Cooper… Spencer Tracy’s […]

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Tagged: Anthony Veiller· Frank Capra· Howard Lindsay· Katharine Hepburn· Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer· Myles Connolly· Russel Crouse· Spencer Tracy· ★½

Boys Town (1938, Norman Taurog)

March 5th, 2008 · No Comments

I can’t figure out–past being an inspiring melodrama–if the filmmakers were trying for anything with Boys Town. The question of its success as that inspiring melodrama is easily answered… it fails. The first act of the film deals with Spencer Tracy trying to get Boys Town, starting just as a home, started. It works pretty […]

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Tagged: Dore Schary· Eleanore Griffin· John Meehan· Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer· Mickey Rooney· Norman Taurog· Spencer Tracy· ★½

The Last Hurrah (1958, John Ford)

July 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

While the title refers to politics, The Last Hurrah also, unfortunately in some cases, provided to be the last hurrah of a number of fine actors as well. It’s a fitting–I can’t remember the word. It isn’t eulogy and tribute seems intentional. I don’t know if Ford knew he was making the last film like […]

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Tagged: Basil Rathbone· Columbia Pictures· Edmund Lowe· Edward Brophy· Edwin O'Connor· Frank McHugh· Frank S. Nugent· James Gleason· Jane Darwell· Jeffrey Hunter· John Carradine· John Ford· Spencer Tracy· ★★★★

Libeled Lady (1936, Jack Conway)

May 7th, 2006 · No Comments

Libeled Lady suffers from a few things, but it’s hard to pinpoint what doesn’t work about the film because there are so many things working well. There’s a great William Powell slapstick fishing scene in the film, there’s a great wedding scene where the husband gets a peck and the best man gets a passionate […]

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Tagged: George Oppenheimer· Howard Emmett Rogers· Jack Conway· Jean Harlow· Maurine Dallas Watkins· Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer· Myrna Loy· Spencer Tracy· Wallace Sullivan· William Powell· ★★★

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