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State of the Union
How's the State of the Union? It's GREAT!
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
- Original title
- State of the Union
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $2,600,000
- Revenue
- —
CinemaSerf
Jul 9, 2022 · via TMDB
This is a fine example of the on screen chemistry between Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The former is a successful businessman talked into running for the Republican nomination for US President by the ambitious "Kay Thorndyke" (Angela Lansbury). She vows to put her not inconsiderable resources (newspapers and the like) behind his campaign. His wife "Mary" (Hepburn) is somewhat of a free spirit, as you'd expect, and soon she proves to be a bit of a liability to the party machine encouraging her husband to challenge the establish politics (and politicians) not only rocking, but potentially sinking the boat. Lansbury stands out for me here, she plays the duplicitous character convincingly marrying subtle menace with a femme-fatale style elegance really well. There are a couple of solid supporting roles from Adolphe Menjou and the slick Van Johnson ("Spike") and the whole scenario gives us an interesting, well written, look at just how undemocratic an election proves can actually be...
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Spencer Tracy
Grant Matthews
Katharine Hepburn
Mary Matthews
Van Johnson
Spike McManus
Angela Lansbury
Kay Thorndyke
Adolphe Menjou
Jim Conover
Lewis Stone
Sam Thorndyke
Margaret Hamilton
Norah
Charles Dingle
Bill Nolard Hardy
Charles Lane
Blink Moran
Howard Smith
Sam I. Parrish
Irving Bacon
Buck Swenson
Maidel Turner
Lulubelle Alexander
Raymond Walburn
Judge Alexander
Ellen Ross
Secretary
Eve Whitney
Secretary
Arthur O'Connell
First Reporter
Frank Mayo
City Official
Tor Johnson
Wrestler
Patti Brady
Joyce Matthews
Carl Switzer
Bellboy
Tom Fadden
Waiter
Tom Pedi
Barber
Stanley Andrews
Senator (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
Television Prompter (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Photographer (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Photographer (uncredited)
Dave Willock
Pilot (uncredited)
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Irene
Costume Design
Frank Capra
Director
Frank Capra
Producer
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Anthony Veiller
Screenplay
Myles Connolly
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