Film CXL

[faustus]

CXL: Woman of the Year (George Stevens, 1942)

The first of the nine Tracy/Hepburn pairings (I guess I should list the ones I've seen) - and I suspect if Keeper of the Flame was the second it explains the oddity. Here though we have the familiar pattern - Tracy is the working class man's man, a bit of a bruiser and a boozer, who is annoyed, fascinated and enthralled by the effortlessly brilliant Hepburn. They get married - but there their troubles starts, as Hepburn must be tamed (and then won't be Hepburn).


Here they are both journalists - the only job for a woman - he a sports writer, she a multilingual political editor and figure of national importance. Whilst she is allowed to be gorgeous, she cannot cook, and she cannot be a proper mother. It's a shame she needs to be tamed - the earthing of the unruly woman - but that's the times. Hepburn apparently had a hand in the script, and there's a odd closing line: "I've just launched Gerald."


140 (Cinema: 64; DVD: 71; TV: 5)

Comments

[esmeraldus-neo.livejournal.com]

I think I have this in my NetFlix queue.

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you just mentioned watching Hepburn pictures - so if you've not seen it you should. But it's a shame she has to See the Error of Her Ways.