Woman of the Year

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film romantic comedy film

Woman of the Year is a 1942 romantic comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, notable for launching their celebrated on-screen partnership.

Aliases (1)

Woman of the Year (musical) ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film → romantic comedy film →
basedOn	original screenplay →
cinematography	Joseph Ruttenberg NERFINISHED →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	George Stevens →
distributedBy	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
editedBy	Frank Sullivan →
featuresCharacter	Sam Craig → Tess Harding →
filmingStudio	MGM Studios →
format	black-and-white film →
genre	romantic comedy →
hasAward	Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay →
hasGenreElement	screwball comedy →
hasLegacy	first of nine films co-starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy →
hasTheme	career versus family → gender roles → marriage →
mainSubject	romantic relationship between a political columnist and a sportswriter →
musicBy	Franz Waxman →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actress → Academy Award for Best Original Story →
notableFor	launching the on-screen partnership of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy →
originalLanguage	English →
partOf	Katharine Hepburn filmography → Spencer Tracy filmography →
producer	Joseph L. Mankiewicz →
productionCompany	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
publicationDate	1942 →
releaseFormat	theatrical release →
releaseYear	1942 →
runtime	114 minutes →
screenplayAwardedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences →
screenwriter	Michael Kanin → Ring Lardner Jr. →
setIn	New York City →
starring	Fay Bainter NERFINISHED → Katharine Hepburn → Minor Watson → Reginald Owen → Spencer Tracy NERFINISHED → William Bendix →
storyBy	Michael Kanin → Ring Lardner Jr. →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Katharine Hepburn → Lauren Bacall → Spencer Tracy →	notableWork
Billboard Women in Music →	hasAward
Palace Theatre (Broadway) ("Woman of the Year (musical)") →	notableProduction