Spencer Tracy
A Biography
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Publisher:
New York : - Alfred A Knopf
Pages:
1001
ISBN:
9780307262899
Language:
English
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Statement of responsibility:
James Curtis
Physical description:
xix, 1001 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
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Add a CommentSuperb, meticulously researched autobiography on one of the greatest actors of all time. His complex and individualistic personality, compounded with his life long problem with alcohol, problematic marriage,womanizing and Catholic guilt ridden demons are all presented in fascinating detail. The piece de resistance, of course, is the meeting of his soul mate Katharine Hepburn, her refusal to be his concubine and insistence on maintaining her individuality, expressing her distaste of his numerous affairs with Hollywood actresses by distancing herself from Tracy, yet the denouement, her solicitous care of Tracy in his final years, and her love and devotion never more evident than with him at his death, incredibly moving. This book is very long, over 900 pages, but well worth reading every word. Some reviewers on amazon have called it "dry", but not at all, in my opinion. It is a magnificent and penultimate tribute to one of our greatest actors.