Woman of the Year

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This article is about the film. For the musical, see Woman of the Year. For the Time magazine Man and/ or Woman of the Year see Time Magazine Person of the Year.

Woman of the Year
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Directed by	George Stevens
Produced by	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Written by	Ring Lardner Jr. Michael Kanin John Lee Mahin Garson Kanin (original idea)
Starring	Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn Fay Bainter
Music by	Franz Waxman
Cinematography	Joseph Ruttenberg
Editing by	Frank Sullivan
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release date(s)	January 19, 1942
Running time	114 min.
Language	English
Budget	$3,000,000
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Woman of the Year is a 1942 romantic comedy film in which a feminist, chosen "Woman of the Year", tries to keep the spark in her personal relationship. The film stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn with Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Minor Watson and William Bendix. It was directed by George Stevens, produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and written by Ring Lardner Jr. and Michael Kanin (his brother Garson Kanin thought up the original idea and worked with Katharine Hepburn along with brother Michael and Lardner on the early drafts, without credit.) The music score was by Franz Waxman and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg. The art direction was by Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell and the costume design by Adrian.

Woman of the Year won an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role. In 1999, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

[edit] Background

This is the first of nine films Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy were to make together. They met for the first time on this shoot. In the 1993 documentary Katharine Hepburn: All About Me, Hepburn herself says she was wearing high heels at the first meeting with Tracy and producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and said "I'm afraid I'm a bit tall for you, Mr. Tracy". Mankiewicz then responded, "Don't worry, Kate, he'll cut you down to size."

[edit] External links

• Woman of the Year at the Internet Movie Database

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