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Spencer Tracy TCM Star of the Month October 2012

October 1, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Spencer Tracy Early 1930s Fox Films Postcard

Complete Spencer Tracy TCM Star of the Month schedule for October 2012 with schedule previewed via both quotes from and a review of Tracy’s biography by James Curtis.

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Spencer Tracy Hits the Jackpot at MGM

November 22, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

William Powell, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy 1940 A and M Wix Tobacco Card

Spencer Tracy arrives at MGM and embarks on a run of films that grow in critical and popular success. Inspired by the biography by James Curtis with partial review.

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UPS Delivers: Video Unboxing of the New Spencer Tracy Biography by James Curtis

October 18, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

UPS dropped off my Amazon pre-order of the new Spencer Tracy biography by James Curtis earlier today, so I made a 3 minute video taking it out of the box and capturing first impressions.

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Spencer Tracy and Ed Sullivan Illustration by Shapi

January 19, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

An illustration of Spencer Tracy with Ed Sullivan by Shapi that appeared in the July 1938 issue of the Pictorial Review as part of an article by Sullivan about Tracy. Freddie Bartholomew also pictured.

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Cass Timberlane (1947) starring Spencer Tracy and Lana Turner

May 9, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

MGM’s Cass Timberlane (1947) stars Spencer Tracy in the title role, features an excellent performance by Lana Turner. After a promising first hour a couple of key plot points are rushed and the quality suffers in the second half of the film.