Spencer Tracy : a biography / James Curtis.
Curtis, James, 1953-
2011
PN2287.T7 C78 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Spencer Tracy : a biography / James Curtis.
Author Curtis, James, 1953-
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780307262899
0307262898
Imprint New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Language English
Description xix, 1001 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number PN2287.T7 C78 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.43/028092 B
Summary Spencer Tracy's image on-screen was that of a self-reliant man whose sense of rectitude toward others was matched by his sense of humor toward himself. Whether he was Father Flanagan of Boys Town, Clarence Darrow of Inherit the Wind, or the crippled war veteran in Bad Day at Black Rock, Tracy was forever seen as a pillar of strength, the sort of regular American guy one could depend on. Now biographer James Curtis gives us the life of this revered actor. Curtis writes of Tracy's distinguished career, his deep Catholicism, his devoted relationship to his wife, his drinking that got him into so much trouble, and his twenty-six-year-long bond with his partner on-screen and off, Katharine Hepburn. Drawing on Tracy's personal papers and writing with the full cooperation of Tracy's daughter, Curtis tells the rich story of the brilliant but haunted man at the heart of the legend.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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General business
A born actor
A sissy sort of thing
The best goddamned actor
Dread
The last mile
Quick millions
The power and the glory
The amount of marriage we've experienced
And does love last?
That double jackpot
The best year
Model Romeo
Enough to shine even through me
A buoyant effect on the audience
Someone's idea of reality
Woman of the year
I've found the woman I want
Not the guy they see up there on the screen
The big drunk
The rugged path
State of the union
Adam's rib
Father of the bride
Rough patch
At loose ends
A granite-like wedge of a man
The mountain
The last hurrah
Our greatest actor
The value of a single human being
Something a little less serious
A lion in a cage
A humble man
The biographies of Katharine Hepburn
Appendix I. Stage chronology
Appendix II. Film chronology.

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