Woman of the Year

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1942. Vintage reference photograph from the 1942 film, showing Katharine Hepburn at work at her desk, with a trio of photographers capturing the shot to the left.

The first pairing of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, and the beginning of their lifelong love affair. They would go on to make eight more films together. A battle-of-the-sexes screwball comedy, wherein a gruff sportswriter and a progressive upper-crust political columnist fall in love and marry, only to find their careers straining the marriage. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Screenplay, and nominated for Best Actress for Hepburn.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

National Film Registry. Byrge and Miller, The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Criterion Collection 867.

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