Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year

1942 | 1h 54m | Comedy, Romance | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

Feuding news reporters — sportswriter Sam Craig and foreign correspondent Tess Harding — fall in love and marry when they finally meet. But their highly combustible relationship explodes when Tess is voted Woman of the Year.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

George Stevens

CAST

Spencer Tracy

Katharine Hepburn

Fay Bainter

Reginald Owen

Minor Watson

PRODUCERS

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

George Stevens

WRITERS

Ring Lardner

John Lee Mahin

Host Intros

02:11
Alicia Malone Intro -- Woman Of The Year (1942)
Intro Aired: Jul 2019
TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Woman Of The Year, 1942.
01:43
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Woman Of The Year (1942)
Intro Aired: Nov 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Woman Of The Year, 1942.
02:07
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Woman Of The Year (1942)
Intro Aired: Nov 2015
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Woman Of The Year, 1942.

Related Videos

03:03
Woman Of The Year (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Should We Abolish Baseball?
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Opening scene, sports writer Sam (Spencer Tracy) joins pals (Roscoe Karns, William Tannen) and barkeep (William Bendix), as they hear high-brow columnist Tess (Katharine Hepburn) on the radio, in Woman Of The Year, 1942, original screenplay by Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner Jr.
02:57
Woman Of The Year (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Here's Your Hat
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Sportswriter Sam (Spencer Tracy), having gallantly left the apartment of columnist Tess (Katharine Hepburn), despite her vulnerable state and his growing attraction, at work the next morning receives the hat he forgot, and attitudes from colleagues, in George Stevens Woman Of The Year, 1942.
03:20
Woman Of The Year (1942) -- (Movie Clip) I'd Say Marry The Girl
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Crusty reporter Sam (Spencer Tracy), not sure why he's invited to see columnist Tess (Katharine Hepburn) off at the airport, winds up chatting with her equally famous aunt Ellen (Fay Bainter), in George Stevens' Woman Of The Year, 1942.
02:18
Woman Of The Year (1942) -- (Movie Clip) He Hit Me First
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Sports writer Sam (Spencer Tracy) summoned by the editor (Reginald Owen) to meet columnist Tess (Katharine Hepburn) with whom he's been feuding, both quick to adjust their attitudes, in George Stevens' Woman Of The Year, 1942.
04:00
Woman Of The Year (1942) -- (Movie Clip) No Women In The Press Box
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Famous scene, executing their enforced truce, sports writer Sam (Spencer Tracy) brings baseball-illiterate columnist Tess (Katharine Hepburn) to Yankee Stadium, his pals (Roscoe Karns, William Tannen) sniping, in George Stevens' Woman Of The Year, 1942.
03:10
Woman of the Year - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter in Woman of the Year (1942), the first film to team Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn, directed by George Cukor.

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