Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Most recently screened in November 2012
Director: Stanley Kramer. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway, Beah Richards, Roy Glenn, Isabel Sanford, Virginia Christine, Barbara Randolph, Skip Martin, Alexandra Hay, Grace Gaynor, Tom Heaton, D'Urville Martin, Jacqueline Fontaine. Screenplay: William Rose.

 Twitter Capsule: Like 12 Angry Men, most bullying when it appears most strenuously just. But the quieter stuff works.

Second Capsule: Deserves the flak it gets for stale script and images, but it does try. Tracy, Hepburn sell it well.

VOR: ④  Everything that makes this giant hit a political disappointment makes it a valuable document: this is how a studio thought it needed to push through a plot about interracial romance.


Photo © 1967 Columbia Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C+

(long ago, in my youth: A–)
Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
Best Picture
Best Director: Stanley Kramer
★Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn
Best Actor: Spencer Tracy
Best Supporting Actress: Beah Richards
Best Supporting Actor: Cecil Kellaway
★Best Original Screenplay: William Rose
Best Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Frank Tuttle
Best Film Editing: Robert C. Jones
Best Musical Score (Original or Adaptation): Frank De Vol

Golden Globe Nominations:
Best Picture (Drama)
Best Director: Stanley Kramer
Best Actress (Drama): Katharine Hepburn
Best Actor (Drama): Spencer Tracy
Best Supporting Actress: Beah Richards
Best Screenplay: William Rose
Most Promising Newcomer (Female): Katharine Houghton

Other Awards:
British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Actress (Hepburn); Best Actor (Tracy); UN Award (Kramer)
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