Film Forum

U.S., 1942
Directed by George Stevens
With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn
Approx. 114 min. DCP.

Spencer Tracy’s down-to-earth sports columnist pairs with Katharine Hepburn’s renowned political columnist — and the sparks fly, in the first of a nine-film quarter-century partnership, on screen and off. Oscar®-winning screenplay by Micheal Kanin and Ring Lardner, Jr.

Reviews

“For the first time in months, this critical spectator feels like tossing his old hat into the air and weaving a joyous snake dance over the typewriter keys in celebration of Metro's triumphant WOMAN OF THE YEAR.”
– Bosley Crowther, The New York Times

“Tracy and Hepburn were a great team, and this, their first outing together, set the seal on the pattern to follow into the next decade.”
– Time Out