Woman of the Year

"The picture of the year!"

1942 1h 54m EN

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 169

ComedyRomanceDrama

Synopsis

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Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.

“The picture of the year!”

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Cast

Spencer Tracy
Sam Craig
Katharine Hepburn
Tess Harding
Fay Bainter
Ellen Whitcomb
Reginald Owen
Clayton
Minor Watson
William J. Harding
William Bendix
Pinkie Peters
Gladys Blake
Flo Peters
Dan Tobin
Gerald Howe

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: George Stevens
Writers: Ring Lardner Jr., Michael Kanin
Languages: English, Arabic, French, Russian, Greek, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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84 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 6 languages: English, Arabic, French, Russian, Greek, Spanish.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by George Stevens, shot by Joseph Ruttenberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Franz Waxman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn and Fay Bainter carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

ERA

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Marketing tagline: "The picture of the year!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0035567 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

George Stevens directs. Joseph Ruttenberg behind the camera. Franz Waxman scores. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Arabic, French, Russian, Greek, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
284 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 6 languages: English, Arabic, French, Russian, Greek, Spanish.
4Directed by George Stevens, shot by Joseph Ruttenberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Franz Waxman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn and Fay Bainter carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The picture of the year!".
8IMDB entry: tt0035567 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 11 themes, including "new york city", "journalist", "refugee", "adoption".