Spencer Tracy A Biography

James Curtis

eBook - 2011

A rich, vibrant portrait—the most intimate and telling yet of this complex man considered by many to be the actor’s actor.Spencer Tracy’s image on-screen was that of a self-reliant man whose sense of rectitude toward others was matched by his sense of humor toward himself. Whether he was Father Flanagan of Boys Town, Clarence Darrow of Inherit the Wind, or the crippled war veteran in Bad Day at Black Rock, Tracy was forever seen as a pillar of strength.His full name was Spencer Bonaventure Tracy. He was called “The Gray Fox” by Frank Sinatra; other actors called him the “The Pope.” “The best goddamned actor I’ve ever seen!”—George M. CohanIn his several comedy roles opposite Katharine Hepburn (Woman of the Year and Ada...m’s Rib among them) or in Father of the Bride with Elizabeth Taylor, Tracy was the sort of regular... more