him breakfast like a good little housewife. Produced by Joseph L Mankiewicz, the film has that MGM glitter and literary sparkle. Excerpt from TimeOut Magazine located HERE Among the many film collaborations between Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Woman of the Year (1942) is especially significant because it was the first film in which they appeared together. In fact, during the filming of the movie, the two fell in love, sparking a relationship that would last more than 25 years, right up until Spencer Tracy's death in 1967.



Based on the life of renowned newspaper columnist Dorothy Thompson, Garson Kanin wrote the script with Hepburn in mind. Hepburn's character, Tess Harding, is an international affairs writer for the same paper that features articles by sports writer Sam Craig (playedRESOLUTION Audio : Typically flat, linear PCM mono track at 1152 kbps (24-bit) - where dialogue actually sounds a bit echo-y in spots. The Franz Waxman ( Dark Passage, Rebecca, Bride of Frankenstein, Rear Window, Sunset Boulevard) score adds soft touches to the film, supporting humor and romantic interludes. It sounds wonderful via the uncompressed. There are optional English subtitles and m y Oppo has identified it as being a region 'A' disc . Extras : Criterion include plenty of extras starting with a new 6-minute interview with George Stevens Jr., son of the Woman of the Year director George Stevens recorded by Criterion in Washington D.C. in January 2017. In a 1967, 17-minute, audio interview with George Stevens he discusses working on Woman of the Year. We