The Life and Work of Spencer Tracy

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 8, 2011

James Curtis describes the life and work of the actor Spencer Tracy, one of the most revered screen actors of his generation, considered by many to be the actor’s actor. Spencer Tracy: A Biography looks at Tracy’s career, his Catholicism, his devoted relationship to his wife, his drinking that got him into so much trouble, and his 26-year-long bond with his partner on-screen and off, Katharine Hepburn.

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