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XXIV: Frank Capra, State of the Union (1948)
Tycoon Grant Matthews (Spencer Tracy) is persuaded to run for president by ex-mistress and newspaper tycoon Kay Thorndyke (Angela Lansbury), but it's necessary to get spurned wife Mary Matthews (Kathryn Hepburn) on board. She has a rather more idealistic view of politics, but is prepared to fight for her husband.
Capra's follow-up to It's a Wonderful Life is more on the pattern of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, with the message that whilst all politicians, journalists and industrialists are corrupt, America is great and worth fighting for - especially the little people. Not that we see many little people. There is much joy to be had from the Hepburn/Tracy interaction and deep joy in her cameos with the various corrupt and not so corrupt supporters. Lansbury is hissable, looking somewhat older than her twenties, and a bit of a game player in the Hepburn mode in other movies.
Totals: 24 [Cinema: 9; DVD: 14; TV: 1]
Tycoon Grant Matthews (Spencer Tracy) is persuaded to run for president by ex-mistress and newspaper tycoon Kay Thorndyke (Angela Lansbury), but it's necessary to get spurned wife Mary Matthews (Kathryn Hepburn) on board. She has a rather more idealistic view of politics, but is prepared to fight for her husband.
Capra's follow-up to It's a Wonderful Life is more on the pattern of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, with the message that whilst all politicians, journalists and industrialists are corrupt, America is great and worth fighting for - especially the little people. Not that we see many little people. There is much joy to be had from the Hepburn/Tracy interaction and deep joy in her cameos with the various corrupt and not so corrupt supporters. Lansbury is hissable, looking somewhat older than her twenties, and a bit of a game player in the Hepburn mode in other movies.
Totals: 24 [Cinema: 9; DVD: 14; TV: 1]
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