Yes, it’s another Hazel Flagg movie of the day. But the reason I’m watching this particular one is because there was a comment on the previous one saying that this is a particularly good Hepburn/Tracy movie.
What a remarkable movie! I usually type these blog posts while the movie is running (you know, while getting a new cocktail and stuff), but I was so riveted by this one that I’m typing this after the movie is over. (I did the screenshots while it was running, of course, but that’s just a button I press here on the couch).
That opening… just wow. So original.
So the plot here is that Hepburn is a defence lawyer and Tracy is the prosecution, and they’re doing the same trial, and you’d expect that drama would ensue. And it does, but for like three quarters of the movie, there’s such a light touch… the Hepburn/Tracy thing is irresistible.
That’s some bandage!
It’s filmed in an unusual way, too. Cukor plants a camera and just holds it there for quite a time — this scene, for instance, lasted for (I’d say) three minutes, without any cuts or any camera moves.
And we got the same treatment for this scene, but here the two would peek their heads in from the sides to deliver some repartee.
Oh, the repartee here — I couldn’t stop smiling while watching this. And I laughed out loud several times.
Wow, that’s some motto.
quelle heure est-il
They’re just so much fun on the screen together.
Snap!
I loved the court stenographer — he was talking in a kind of joisey dialect? Fantastic.
I loved this movie — OK, it got a bit heavy in the last bit, but then it fixed things up nicely.
Adam’s Rib. George Cukor. 1949. ⚅
Hey, your lisp is leaking – after the third image.
Heh, thanks. Geez. I had a (format “src=%S”) and had yanked a string with text properties…