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Tracy and Hepburn Collection
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:40 am
by hamsterburger
Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy: The Signature Collection.
Product Description
The films included are Woman of the Year, Pat and Mike, Adam's Rib and The Spencer Tracy Legacy. Woman of the Year (1942) was the first collaboration between Hepburn and Tracy, and you can see why it was the spark that ignited the flame that lasted 25 years, in this classic battle of the sexes. In Adam's Rib (1949), the duo are back at it again, except this time they are in the courtroom battling it out as two married lawyers - on opposite sides of a case! Pat and Mike (1952) was George Cukor's eighth and final collaboration with Katharine Hepburn, but this magnificent film about the improbable relationship between a female golfer and a sports promoter was a movie that proved to be ahead of its time in terms of sexual politics, and earned the production two Academy Award? Nominations: Best Story and Best Screenplay. For the first time on DVD and sold exclusively in this collection is the very special The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986) in which Katharine Hepburn looks back on the life of her former co-star and best friend, Spencer Tracy, in a touching and insightful look at one of the great American actors.
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:19 am
by justeleblanc
Yes, they're snappers. That's why I never bought it.
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:27 am
by hamsterburger
Thanks for that info. I suspected as much. Oh well.
Re: Tracy and Hepburn Collection
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:41 pm
by Jeff
A new
Tracy and Hepburn Definitive Collection is coming to DVD on April 12. It includes first-time releases of Kazan's
Sea of Grass and Cukor's
Keeper of the Flame, both of which will also be available separately. They've licensed
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? from Sony,
Desk Set from Fox, and
State of the Union from Universal for inclusion in the set. It has
Without Love, that was previously available in a Hepburn set, and of course it also includes the titles previously found in the Signature Collection:
Adam's Rib,
Pat & Mike, and
Woman of the Year. The 86-minute PBS Tracy doc from that set will also be included. The MSRP for the full set is only $59.92, and the two new singles are $19.97.
Re: Tracy and Hepburn Collection
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:30 am
by myrnaloyisdope
Just thought I'd point out that Sea of Grass is in the Hepburn set.
Re: Tracy and Hepburn Collection
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:11 am
by domino harvey
No it isn't, you're thinking of the Corn Is Green, I assume
Re: Tracy and Hepburn Collection
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:01 am
by myrnaloyisdope
I just looked at the set last night and alas I was wrong. I think I had the Kazan and the Minnelli film in the set linked for some reason, so I was just thinking they were both in the set. Thanks for the correction Domino.
Re: Tracy and Hepburn Collection
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:28 am
by Gregory
I think this is cause for some celebration. Most of this has been available before, but I don't have most of it*, myself, and just look at that price! Plus, it's been awhile since we could count on this type of prestige set from Warner.
* I've never been enthralled with most of the Tracy-Hepburn comedies. I've seen them all before, and my local library has them, but it will be nice to own everything in one package. More of the Tracy-Hepburn dramas are especially welcome.
I'd love to see a Blu-ray of Desk Set someday, but it probably won't happen.
Re: Tracy and Hepburn Collection
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:42 pm
by souvenir
Packaging info for anyone interested: the set comes in a thick, transparent plastic keepsize with an outer box slipcover. Inside are ten separate DVDs and a little insert/booklet with a few words on each film. The discs have consistent disc art (simple, solid-colored with each one a different color) from one to the next, even the non-WB titles.
Re: Tracy and Hepburn Collection
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:35 pm
by domino harvey
Related: Katharine Hepburn on a skateboard
Tumblr rules so hard, you guys
Re: Tracy and Hepburn Collection
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:34 pm
by Askew
I've been going through the newer collection lately and half way through Sea of Grass, the film switches to the second half of Red Riding Hood (2011). Apparently this is a common defect, so does anyone know if it's possible to get a replacement or who I should contact?
Re: Tracy and Hepburn Collection
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:32 pm
by Gregory
That's a credit to Warner's that they'd replace a defective disc like that. I bought a Sony Pictures Classics blu-ray from Amazon and didn't watch it before the "return window" expired, only to then find that the disc is defective and won't play past the menu screen.
Sony Pictures Classics has e-mail contact disabled on their website. I finally found a phone number for SPC, and the person who took my call said, "We don't deal with merchandise, and I have no idea who you should even call. Try the factory that made the disc." (a suggestion that's preposterous to the point of being stupid) and then hung up on me. So I'll be very hesitant about ordering any more of their releases in the future.
Re: Tracy and Hepburn Collection
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:50 pm
by domino harvey
You could always order it from Amazon, switch it out, and then return the faulty disc to Amazon
Re: Tracy and Hepburn Collection
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:07 pm
by FrauBlucher
Gregory wrote:That's a credit to Warner's that they'd replace a defective disc like that.
At least there is one department at Warner Bros that's not interested in ripping off their customers.
Re: Tracy and Hepburn Collection
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 8:18 pm
by MarkFilipak
I'm the guy who left the original reply to Askew. The forum deleted my reply, so I'm repeating it here.
To get that defective Sea of Grass disc replaced, contact Ms. Sherri Bogard at Warner Bros.
Sherri Bogard
Warner Home Video
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522
818-977-6065
[email protected]
You need to send a copy of your receipt (if available), a brief note stating the problem, and your postal address.
Ms. Bogard sent me a prepaid mailer, I sent the disc to her, and in less than a week I had the replacement disc.
HTH,
Mark.
domino harvey wrote:You could always order it from Amazon, switch it out, and then return the faulty disc to Amazon
Three problems with that approach: 1, It's dishonest, 2, the disc from Amazon would probably also be defective -- it's a defective DVD master stamper, not a defective DVD copy, and 3, Amazon would replace the entire box set, so you'd wind up with two box sets and no money.