Woman of the Year
Directed by George Stevens • 1942 • United States
Starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter
George Stevens’s WOMAN OF THE YEAR, conceived to build on the smashing comeback Katharine Hepburn had made in THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, marked the beginning of the personal and professional union between Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, who would go on to make eight more films together. This tale of two newspaper reporters who wed and then discover that their careers aren’t so compatible forges a fresh and realistic vision of what marriage can be. The freewheeling but pinpoint-sharp screenplay by Ring Lardner Jr. and Michael Kanin won an Academy Award, and Hepburn received a nomination for her performance. WOMAN OF THE YEAR is a dazzling, funny, and rueful observation of what it takes for men and women to get along—both in the workplace and outside of it.
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Woman of the Year
Directed by George Stevens • 1942 • United States
Starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay BainterGeorge Stevens’s WOMAN OF THE YEAR, conceived to build on the smashing comeback Katharine Hepburn had made in THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, marked the beginning of the personal and professional uni...
Extras
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WOMAN OF THE YEAR Edition Intro
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George Stevens Jr. on WOMAN OF THE YEAR
This interview with George Stevens Jr., the son of WOMAN OF THE YEAR director George Stevens, was recorded in Washington, D.C., in January 2017.
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George Stevens on WOMAN OF THE YEAR
In the following archival audio excerpt, director George Stevens discusses working on WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
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Marilyn Ann Moss on WOMAN OF THE YEAR
In this interview, conducted in December 2016, Marilyn Ann Moss, author of “Giant: George Stevens, a Life on Film,” discusses the director’s early career and the making of WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
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Katharine Hepburn: Woman of the Century
In the following piece, author and journalist Claudia Roth Pierpont discusses the significance of WOMAN OF THE YEAR in Katharine Hepburn’s acting career and the evolution of Hepburn’s status as a feminist icon. The interview was conducted in New York in December 2016.
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy
