Spencer Tracy

The Love of a Good Woman Will Not Change a Bad Man

Kristen Houghton | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Toxic Relationship, Love Affair, Addicts, Women Enablers, Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Love, Women News

Even the sanest, most reasonable women among us seem to have the idea that their love, patience and support will save someone who can't or won't save himself.

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Books You Hold in Your Hand

James A. Fragale | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Sean Egan, Full Service, James-Kirkwood, Spencer Tracy, Scotty Bowers, Gore Vidal, Errol Flynn, Cary Grant, Hollywood, Katharine Hepburn, Books News

While he was bartending a Hollywood party, Lucille Ball sashays in and slaps Scotty Bowers in the face. (Bowers matchmaker-ed for Desi Arnaz). One wonders why he wasn't hit more often. On the other hand, I, for one, would like to shake his hand.

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The Greatest (Saddest?) Love Story Ever Told

Stanton Peele | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Spencer Tracy, Love, Katharine Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn Spencer Tracy, Tracy Hepburn, Celebrity News

Although the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn affair was well-known in Hollywood, it was not publicly acknowledged. News coverage of Tracy's death did not include the information that Hepburn -- and only she -- was present when he died.

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Clark Gable: King of Hollywood

John Farr | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Wallace Beery, Carole Lombard, The Academy Awards, Don Rickles, Charles Laughton, Joan Crawford, Robert Wise, Louis B. Mayer, Burt Lancaster, Frank Capra, Claudette Colbert, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Mgm, Best Movies on DVD, Walter Pidgeon, Olivia De Havilland, Gone With the Wind, Spencer Tracy, Best Movies by Farr, Best Movies, Rosalind Russell, John Ford, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Lewis, Leslie Howard, David O. Selznick, Vivien Leigh, Loretta Young, Old Hollywood, Hollywood, Entertainment News

As we kick off Oscar month tomorrow, we also honor the birthday of Clark Gable, who picked up a statuette at the seventh Academy Awards ceremony in 1935.

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Film Biographers Take Center Stage in Bay Area

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Book News, Myrna Loy, Susan Orlean, Rin Tin Tin, James Curtis, Biographies, Celebrity, Spencer Tracy, Film, Movies, Emily Leider, San Francisco News

Fortunately, for local film buffs, the San Francisco Bay Area is a hotbed for those interested in just this sort of thing. Anyone interested in early Hollywood will want to check out at least one of three events taking place in the coming weeks.

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A Sour Note at Carnegie Hall Few Heard, Coming From Above

John Farr | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Edgar Allan Poe, Bill Cunningham Documentary, John Turturro, IFC Center, Lost Bohemia, John Barrymore, Vincent Van Gogh, Jane Fonda, Spencer Tracy, Martha Graham, Bob Fosse, Leonard Bernstein, Best Movies by Farr, Isadora Duncan, Lionel Barrymore, Sanford Weill, Blazing Saddles, Marilyn Monroe, Enrico Caruso, Jason Robards, Carnegie Hall, Elia Kazan, Bill Cunningham, Isaac Stern, It's a Wonderful Life, George Balanchine, Josef Astor, Best Movies on DVD, Paul Newman, Cecil B. DeMille, Best Movies, Bill Cunningham New York, Norman Mailer, Paddy Chayefsky, Chelsea Handler, Marlon Brando, Robert Redford, Entertainment News

The Carnegie Studios made it possible for artists to live as true bohemians: to enjoy the freedom of being deliciously different and quirky. I suppose it was simply too good to last.

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DVDs: Tracy and Hepburn -- The Greatest Screen Team Of All Time

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Spencer Tracy, Kevin Spacey, Dvd Box Set, Gwenyth Paltrow, Harry Potter, Anything Goes, Country Strong, The Incredibles, Katherine Hepburn, Entertainment News

So what's your pick for the greatest screen team of them all? My money is on Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. And the DVD box set Tracy and Hepburn: The Definitive Collection makes the case.

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Elizabeth Taylor: Star

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, George Segal, Paul Newman, Best Movies on DVD, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Best Movies by Farr, Rock Hudson, Montgomery Clift, Vincente Minnelli, Mike Nichols, Edward Albee, Mickey Rooney, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Richard Burton, Roddy McDowall, Hollywood, Entertainment News

We have lost a national treasure. As a kid, I remember vividly Life magazine's 1972 cover of Elizabeth Taylor turning 40, and glimpsing what glamor really meant.

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Christian Bale: So Many Good Parts, but Is There a Part Missing?

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Mitchum, James Cagney, Lee Marvin, James Stewart, Clark Gable, George W. Bush, Best Movies on DVD, George Clooney, Spencer Tracy, Best Movies by Farr, Best Movies, Alec Guinness, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Barack Obama, Henry Fonda, Christian Bale, Tobey Maguire, The Oscars, Jeff Bridges, Sean Penn, The Dark Knight, The Academy Awards, Jack Lemmon, Leonardo Di Caprio, Marlon Brando, Gary Cooper, Gregory Peck, Robert De Niro, Humphrey Bogart, Entertainment News

Christian Bale strikes me as a complete enigma. Yes, his acting chops are prodigious, but he seems to me to be all technique and no heart; we get buckets of perfectly formed ice, but very little fire.

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In a Mostly Caucasian Oscar Year, a Tribute to Sidney Poitier

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denzel Washington, The Academy Awards, Civil Rights Movement, Gene Wilder, Stanley Kramer, Best Movies on DVD, Spike Lee, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Best Movies by Farr, Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte, Race, Rod Steiger, Civil Rights, Black History Month, Richard Pryor, Michael Caine, Halle Berry, Shelley Winters, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Bill Cosby, Richard Widmark, Thurgood Marshall, Tony Curtis, Entertainment News

There are some celebrities who, by virtue of what they represent and contribute beyond their talent, become something more than simply what their chosen profession would indicate.

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Watson, Come Here, We Need You

Dr. Philip Neches | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Spencer Tracy, Romantic Comedy, Search Engines, Katherine Hepburn, Science Fiction, Jeopardy, Smarter Ideas, Technology News

A machine named Watson became the new Jeopardy champion on national television last night. What should we make of it?

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For Father's Day, Dads in Film

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer, James Dean, Best Movies on DVD, Spencer Tracy, Best Movies by Farr, Father of the Bride Movie, Vittorio De Sica, Meryl Streep, Emir Kusturica John Singleton, Fatherhood, Daniel Day-Lewis, Father's Day, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gregory Peck, Fathers, Entertainment News

As we salute fathers far and wide this Sunday, why not pop in some first-rate DVD titles that examine the distinct challenges of fatherhood, and how various dads rise to the occasion or, for a host of reasons, fall short.

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Where Is Lee Marvin When We Really Need Him?

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

I look at the new action movies coming out, and I have to wonder: Where's our new Lee Marvin? The manly man, the bad guy turned good guy, the guy who's so ugly he's almost beautiful, the guy who takes no prisoners?

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Post-Racial Hollywood? One Huge 'Cop Out'

Morris W. O'Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Gene Wilder, Bruce Willis, Spencer Tracy, Cop Out, Tracy Morgan, Sidney Poitier, William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek, Entertainment News

Hollywood will not have put down its racial baggage until it permanently moves away from flaunting the "racial" formulas and themes which garner the biggest bang for their buck.

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Real-Life Father of the Bride Tells Steve Martin to Step Aside

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daughter, Bride, Humor, Yogi Berra, Spencer Tracy, Steve Martin, Groom, Parenting, Family, Weddings, Comedy News

It may have been the first bridal shower in history to feature cigars. It ended in a game of beer pong.

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Ten Films For The Coming Weeks

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Graduate, Fred MacMurray, Woody Allen, Thanksgiving, Paul Simon, The Thin Man, The Apartment, Animal House, Diane Keaton, Peter Sellers, Spencer Tracy, Best Movies by Farr, Don Cheadle, Ben Affleck, Father of the Bride Movie, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cary Grant, Burt Reynolds, Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Stanwyck, Blake Edwards, Boogie Nights, Grace Kelly, Julianne Moore, Matthew McConaughey, Bonnie and Clyde, Jack Lemmon, Jeff Goldblum, Parker Posey, Preston Sturges, Dustin Hoffman, William H. Macy, Elizabeth Taylor, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, William Powell, John C. Reilly, It's a Wonderful Life, Holiday Season Commentary, To Catch a Thief, Billy Wilder, Mark Wahlberg, A Christmas Carol, Dazed and Confused, Jon Voight, Parties, Henry Fonda, Mad Men, Midnight Cowboy, Shirley MacLaine, P.T. Anderson, Annie Hall, Richard Linklater, Myrna Loy, Heather Graham, The Love Boat, Entertainment News

Get ready, folks, for the coming blur of forced reunions, work-related functions, and cacophonous Christmas parties.

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A Wistful Champagne Toast to William Powell

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carole Lombard, Screwball Comedy, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Best Movies by Farr, Irene Dunne, Nostalgia, Classic Movies, Hollywood, Henry Fonda, Entertainment News

One of the finest actors and leading men from Hollywood's Golden Age, William Powell was born towards the end of this month way back in 1892. It's unlikely most people under 30 would even recognize his name, which is sad, but also easily remedied.

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Infidelity: As It Was, Is, And Always Will Be

Samara O'Shea | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Infidelity, Marriage, Mark Sanford, Adultery, Divorce, John Ensign, Katherine Hepburn, Princess Diana, Jon Gosselin, Affair, Spencer Tracy, Eleanor Herman, Eliot Spitzer, Healthy Living News

I invite everyone to relax and take a deep breath. I have news--I'm not sure if it's good or bad: adultery has always and will always exist.

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For Father's Day, A Few Cinematic Takes On Being A Dad

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Movie Recommendations, Spencer Tracy, Akira Kurosawa, Vincente Minnelli, Robert Duvall, Vittorio De Sica, Movie Reviews, Emir Kusturica Best Movies, Meryl Streep, Fatherhood, Father's Day, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gregory Peck, Fathers, Entertainment News

Prior to this Sunday, why not check out some first-rate DVD titles that examine the distinct challenges of fatherhood, and how we either rise to the occasion or, for a host of reasons, fall short.

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Just When Did The Quality Of Hollywood Films Start To Drop?

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harrison Ford, Jim Carrey, Shia La Beouf, Richard Dreyfuss, William Holden, James Stewart, Clark Gable, Classic Film, Angelina Jolie, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Peter Sellers, Spencer Tracy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Downey Jr, Cary Grant, Robin Williams, Christian Bale, Ingrid Bergman, Foreign Films, Jack Lemmon, Paul Hogan, Bette Midler, Dancing With the Stars, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo Dicaprio, Technology, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart, Elizabeth Taylor, Tyrone Power, John Travolta, Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, George Clooney, Barbra Streisand, Danny Devito, John Wayne, Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen, Eddie Murphy, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Roberts, Dustin Hoffman, Myrna Loy, Will Smith, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Adam Sandler, Steve McQueen, Daniel Craig, Meg Ryan, Tom Selleck, Hollywood, The Quigley Poll, Sidney Poitier, Entertainment News

While Hollywood continues to dominate the global film market, the most original, intelligent, and enduring movies today are being made outside this country.

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For The Holidays, The Best Family-Friendly Movies By Farr-Part 1

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sidney Poitier, Family Stress Holidays, Family Values, Anne Bancroft, A Christmas Carol, Little Fugitive, Spencer Tracy, Errol Flynn, Dennis Quaid Meg Ryan, Steve McQueen, Classic Movies, The Red Shoes, Gary Cooper, Movies, Eric Holder, Holiday News, Entertainment News

Regardless of one's faith, at its core the holidays involve gatherings of extended family spanning all life-stages, so it makes sense to lay in a store of films that all generations can watch and enjoy together.

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