Woman of the Year

TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Woman Of The Year, 1942.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Woman Of The Year, 1942.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Woman Of The Year, 1942.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.