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have you read this yet because you should.

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We never went out in public together — learned to be invisible in all the right places. After all, he was married with two children and Mrs.Tracy deserved that respect. The press and the gossip columnists left us alone. We did go on a few trips to Europe and this is the only film of him I ever took. We were in England, obviously taking turns behind the camera.

— Katharine Hepburn [All About Me 1993]

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I had always thought Spencer Tracy a wonderful actor, but when Garson said wouldn’t Spencer Tracy be great as the man (in Woman of the Year), Garson said I answered, “Oh— I don’t know. I wonder whether we would be good together. We’re so different.”

Garson also said that when he suggested to Spencer Tracy that he had a script which would be wonderful for Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, Spencer had said, “Oh really— do you think that we would be good together? We’re— so sort— of different.”

I, of course, don’t remember this at all. I remember only how perfect I thought Spence would be as anyone and how great we would be together.

Katharine Hepburn | ME: Stories of My Life

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Although she was certain and unwavering in her attraction to him, he was likely dubious of anything more than a quick and memorable liaison.

“I think that you imagined I was a lesbian,” Hepburn wrote in an epistolary chapter years after his death. “But not for long. Did you.”

[Spencer Tracy: A Biography]

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Someone asked me when I fell for Spencer. I can’t remember. It was right away. We started our first picture together and I knew right away that I found him irresistible. Just exactly that, irresistible… We just passed twenty-seven years together in what was to me absolute bliss.

Katharine Hepburn | ME: Stories of my Life

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You know for us it’s all been great, but… you  know what was the best time of all? It was in the beginning when everything was a struggle and you were working too hard and worried, and sometimes frightened. And there were times when I felt… when I really knew, that I was a help to you. That was the very best time of all for me.

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SPENCER TRACY & KATHARINE HEPBURN :: FILMOGRAPHY

Nine wonderful films, two staggering actors, and one epic love story. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, considered by many to be the greatest screen team in cinematic history, have continued to captivate audiences for generations— and for good reason. Separately, they were the best in the business— Tracy a two-time Academy Award winner and Hepburn garnering a record breaking four— together, they were nothing short of pure magic. With 9 films spanning 25 years, including indelible classics such as Woman of the Year, Adam’s Rib, and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Tracy and Hepburn became one of Hollywood’s most successful on-screen partnerships as well as one of its most legendary off-screen couples. Falling in love on the set of their first film, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn began a romantic relationship that continued until his death in 1967. 

Regardless of the characters, or plot, or time period, what remains sincere in all of their films is the love they had for one another. The Tracy & Hepburn filmography not only stands as a testament to two of Hollywood’s most gifted actors, but also to one of history’s most iconic romances.

• Woman of the Year [1942] WATCH
• Keeper of the Flame [1942] TORRENT || WATCH: Pt.1//2//3//4//5//6//7//8//9//10//11
• Without Love [1945] DOWNLOAD || WATCH 
• Sea of Grass [1947] TORRENT || WATCH: Pt.1//2//3//4//5//6//7//8//9//10//11//12//13
• State of the Union [1948] DOWNLOAD || TORRENT || WATCH
• Adam’s Rib [1949] DOWNLOAD
• Pat and Mike [1952] TORRENT
• Desk Set [1957] DOWNLOAD || TORRENT || WATCH
• Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner [1967] WATCH

Listen: Woman of the Year — Radio Show 1943

Buy the Tracy & Hepburn: Definitive Collection [Recommended] 

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Why she is my favorite face Woman of the Year color edition, featuring the always outstanding Potato.