Pat and Mike

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Summary: Hepburn Takes Control
Review: Pat and Mike must have gotten a lot of attention when it came out in the early Fifties, since it has a strong message about relying on yourself and women being equal to men and doing more than their traditional role. Hepburn and Tracy are both very good in their roles as sportswoman and manager. Aldo Ray, as a boxer who may have had too many shots to the head, has a lot of funny moments that liven up the film. The movie has a great message, but the laughs aren't as strong as I was expecting, and although I enjoyed it, the film is not at the same level as a lot of the other Hepburn/Tracy films. But I'm sure their fans will like it.

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Summary: Two Pros at Work Here
Review: Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn made many pictures together during their long romance, and "Pat and Mike" is a pretty good one. Kate is a take-off of Babe Diedrikson, an all-around female athlete who is currently a golf championship contender. Spence is the Damon Runyon type who lines himself up as her manager/trainer. Much of the comedy in the piece comes from the disconnect between "dese,dem, and dose" Spence and high school teacher Kate trying to seek common ground. Plot device similar to the later "Desk Set" where the Kate character is smitten with a guy who's just not good enough, until she comes to her senses and accepts Spence as her lover. Check it out.

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Summary: Not a lot of meat, but what's here is cherce!
Review: This film reassembled the same team that put together the classic "Adam's Rib": Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as the stars, Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon writing the script for their friends, and George Cukor as the director. Hepburn plays Pat Pemberton, a gifted athlete who catches the eye of promoter Mike Conovan (Tracy). The inspiration for the film was the fact that Hepburn had always been athletic. She even continued to play tennis for a while after breaking her hip, which I sure suprises no one.

Hepburn's character is a gifted athlete with the Achilles heel that everytime her fiancee Collier Weld (William Ching) shows up she falls apart. The film's best scene is when he arrives during a tennis match and Pat falls apart in a surrealistic scene. The net jumps up to stop her shots, her opponent's racket grows while her's shrinks. In the end Tracy gives her the confidence she needs to succeed, only to see her turn the tables on him.

Among the other memorable scenes in this film, Hepburn saves Tracy from a couple of thugs, one of whom is a young Charles Buchinski (remember him?). Also, there is a nice moment when Pat gives Mike a kiss and after he wipes off the lipstick, he puts the hankerchief away as a momentoe, one of the most romantic moments between the couple in all of their films.

Another nice thing about the film is that as Pat Pemberton the Hepburn character actually plays golf and tennis against some of the best female athletes of the day, including Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Gussie Moran, and Alice Marble.

"Pat and Mike" has one similarity with the next Tracy-Hepburn effort, "Desk Set," in that they are the only pair in the set where Hepburn comes out at top in the end. This is not on the "A" list of films by Tracy and/or Hepburn, but it is a solid member of the "B" list.

Rating:
Summary: Not a lot of meat, but what's here is cherce!
Review: This film reassembled the same team that put together the classic "Adam's Rib": Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as the stars, Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon writing the script for their friends, and George Cukor as the director. Hepburn plays Pat Pemberton, a gifted athlete who catches the eye of promoter Mike Conovan (Tracy). The inspiration for the film was the fact that Hepburn had always been athletic. She even continued to play tennis for a while after breaking her hip, which I sure suprises no one.

Hepburn's character is a gifted athlete with the Achilles heel that everytime her fiancee Collier Weld (William Ching) shows up she falls apart. The film's best scene is when he arrives during a tennis match and Pat falls apart in a surrealistic scene. The net jumps up to stop her shots, her opponent's racket grows while her's shrinks. In the end Tracy gives her the confidence she needs to succeed, only to see her turn the tables on him.

Among the other memorable scenes in this film, Hepburn saves Tracy from a couple of thugs, one of whom is a young Charles Buchinski (remember him?). Also, there is a nice moment when Pat gives Mike a kiss and after he wipes off the lipstick, he puts the hankerchief away as a momentoe, one of the most romantic moments between the couple in all of their films.

Another nice thing about the film is that as Pat Pemberton the Hepburn character actually plays golf and tennis against some of the best female athletes of the day, including Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Gussie Moran, and Alice Marble.

"Pat and Mike" has one similarity with the next Tracy-Hepburn effort, "Desk Set," in that they are the only pair in the set where Hepburn comes out at top in the end. This is not on the "A" list of films by Tracy and/or Hepburn, but it is a solid member of the "B" list.

Rating:
Summary: Not a lot of meat, but what's here is cherce!
Review: This film reassembled the same team that put together the classic "Adam's Rib": Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as the stars, Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon writing the script for their friends, and George Cukor as the director. Hepburn plays Pat Pemberton, a gifted athlete who catches the eye of promoter Mike Conovan (Tracy). The inspiration for the film was the fact that Hepburn had always been athletic. She even continued to play tennis for a while after breaking her hip, which I sure suprises no one.

Hepburn's character is a gifted athlete with the Achilles heel that everytime her fiancee Collier Weld (William Ching) shows up she falls apart. The film's best scene is when he arrives during a tennis match and Pat falls apart in a surrealistic scene. The net jumps up to stop her shots, her opponent's racket grows while her's shrinks. In the end Tracy gives her the confidence she needs to succeed, only to see her turn the tables on him.

Among the other memorable scenes in this film, Hepburn saves Tracy from a couple of thugs, one of whom is a young Charles Buchinski (remember him?). Also, there is a nice moment when Pat gives Mike a kiss and after he wipes off the lipstick, he puts the hankerchief away as a momentoe, one of the most romantic moments between the couple in all of their films.

Another nice thing about the film is that as Pat Pemberton the Hepburn character actually plays golf and tennis against some of the best female athletes of the day, including Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Gussie Moran, and Alice Marble.

"Pat and Mike" has one similarity with the next Tracy-Hepburn effort, "Desk Set," in that they are the only pair in the set where Hepburn comes out at top in the end. This is not on the "A" list of films by Tracy and/or Hepburn, but it is a solid member of the "B" list.