Keeper of the Flame

From Margaret Wycherly’s noted performance as the deranged mother of deceased national hero Robert Forrest, with mystified but compassionate reporter O’Malley (Spencer Tracy), when widow Christine (Katharine Hepburn) intervenes, in George Cukor’s The Keeper Of The Flame, 1942.

Spencer Tracy as maverick reporter O’Malley, his take on the death of national hero Forrest different than that of his colleagues (Horace McNally, Audrey Christie), drawing the interest of mysterious Forrest Tucker, and press flak Kerndon (Richard Whorf), early in Keeper Of The Flame, 1942.

The dramatic opening, briefly introducing young Darryl Hickman and Howard da Silva, the nation convulsing as we meet Spencer Tracy, as reporter O’Malley, who flags down old friend Jane (Audrey Christie), in George Cukor’s Keeper Of The Flame, 1942, co-starring Katharine Hepburn.

Returned war correspondent O’Malley (Spencer Tracy) beginning his interview of Christine Forrest (Katharine Hepburn), widow of the national hero he’ll be writing about, when her cousin (Forrest Tucker) and Forrest’s aide (Richard Whorf) interrupt, in The Keeper Of The Flame, 1942.

25 minutes into the picture the first appearance of co-top-billed Katherine Hepburn, as Christine Forrest, mourning widow of national hero Robert, as she meets enterprising and acclaimed reporter O’Malley (Spencer Tracy), who has snuck into her house, in George Cukor’s Keeper Of The Flame, 1942.

A reporter digs into the secret life of a recently deceased political hero in Keeper of the Flame (1942) with Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy.