Spencer Tracy
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Father's Little Dividend
(1951)Shortly after coming to terms with his daughter's marriage, dad must adjust to his new role as a grandfather in this sequel to Father of the Bride.

The Actress
(1953)An ambitious young woman informs her father of her dream of becoming an actress. Against her father's wishes but supported by her mother, she moves to New York determined to become a success.

Edward, My Son
(1949)Obsessed with the desire to give his only son the best of everything, a man destroys his whole world in this riveting drama starring Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr (in an Academy Award®-nominated performance*). When the boy is five, his father (Tracy) commits arson to pay for a vital operation. This fateful step launches a rocketlike career of business success. In the process he ruins his partner, destroys his wife's love for him and then her will to live, and finally faces jail himself for what turns out to have been an empty dream. Based on the play by Robert Morley and Noel Langley. *1949: Best Actress.

Woman of the Year
(1942)Oscar-winners Spencer Tracy ("Pat and Mike," "Adam's Rib") and Katharine Hepburn ("The Philadelphia Story," "The African Queen") make their first feature film appearance together in this classic Oscar-winning romantic comedy about a marriage between two opposites -- a sophisticated political columnist and a sports writer -- whose combative union is held together with their love for each other.

Dante's Inferno
(1935)A man joins a carnival called Dante's Inferno and becomes consumed with turning the show into a spectacular, leading his family to the brink.

Desk Set
(1957)Based on the Broadway play by Robert Fryer and Lawrence Carr, Desk Set represents the eighth screen teaming of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn plays the head of a TV network research department; Tracy plays an efficiency expert, hired to modernize Hepburn's operation.

The Sea of Grass
(1947)Jim Brewton owns a cattle empire . When his wife Lutie's brief infidelity is uncovered, they must struggle to persevere as Jim raises their daughter and Lutie's son.

Tortilla Flat
(1942)A poor young man inherits two houses, but his dream of a better life is jeopardized by the vagabond friends who quickly move in and take over.

Plymouth Adventure
(1952)A group of religious outcasts boarded the Mayflower in England and set sail where they founded a tiny wilderness outpost that would become the United States of America.
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
(1986)Up the River
(1930)Two prisoners, Saint Louis and Dannemora Dan, escape during a theatrical production in order to go to the aid of Steve, a former prisoner whose past is about to be exposed by the man who framed a woman unless Steve agrees to help him commit another crime.

Cass Timberlane
(1947)A judge creates a scandal when he marries a younger woman, but after their baby is stillborn, her affection turns increasingly toward his friend.

Marie Galante
(1934)A US detective becomes entangled with a French dancer as he attempts to foil a bomb plot in the Panama Canal Zone.

Boom Town
(1940)Oscar-nominated picture stars Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy as competitive oil prospectors who strike it rich in oil and romance.

Captains Courageous
(1937)A wealthy spoiled brat falls off an ocean liner and is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman. Forced to endure a three month voyage, he learns to love the sea and earns his place among the crew. Based on the Rudyard Kipling story, this is a timeless family adventure classic. Oscar-winner Spencer Tracy earned his first Academy Award as the fatherly fisherman.

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
(1944)After the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle devises a plan for a daring raid to strike Japan.

San Francisco
(1936)Things really get shaken up when an aspiring opera singer becomes involved with a bawdy saloon owner and his high-society rival during the devastating earthquake of 1906.

Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story
(2024)Explores the life of Father Flanagan, who helped transform juvenile justice and youth care in the U.S. and inspired the 1938 film Boys Town.

Libeled Lady
(1936)When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury, of being a home-wrecker, she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, must find a way to turn the tables on her.