You are right ... I've might be thinking someone else and I just can't put a finger on it.JackFavell wrote:Beery and Crawford seem nothing alike to me...their styles are so different that it's like comparing apples and dogs. I know they played the same types occasionally, but I don't even think of them in the same universe.
Little lawn furniture like umbrellas...RedRiver wrote:I saw a movie where somebody said, "Whiskey and soda? Or would you prefer a cocktail?" What's the difference? What constitutes a cocktail?
A few people had encounters with Tracy that left them underwhelmed. People had respect for his talent, but William Wellman, Selena Royle, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Robert Wise and even Robert Wagner, who regarded him as a father figure, all had reason to be hurt and leery of Tracy at times, whether drunk or sober. Tracy was all too human.charliechaplinfan wrote:I've never heard anyone bad mouth Spencer Tracy despite his drinking.
Very. I't pretty clear he truly cared for the man as a mentor and an individual, though in Wagner's memoir and in Curtis' bio, it was clear that Wagner was exposed to the man at his best and at times when things threatened to spin out of control, especially during the making of The Mountain together. Physically rigorous, the filming must have taxed Tracy's already failing heart and S.T.'s ways of coping with his various problems often led to isolating himself or trying to self-medicate with the usual unpleasant results for others and more guilt for Tracy.Western Guy wrote:You know Moira, in interviews I've read and seen, Robert Wagner seems almost protective of Tracy.
Could be. He and Tracy came to blows publicly in a nightclub in the '30s, reportedly after Wellman made a crack about Loretta Young. The pair had worked together in Looking for Trouble (1934), and then never spoke to one another after this incident until Batjac productions tried to get them together decades later. Tracy and Wellman almost worked together in The HIgh and the MIghty with Tracy in the role that eventually was played by John Wayne.MissGoddess wrote:I've noticed Wellman rarely had a good word to say of any actor or actress.
And director Robert Wise was not too fond of Tracy either for all the fuss he made over the co-stars and the high altitude location work of Tribute to a Bad Man (1956). I suspect that the altitude in the mountainous area of Colorado where filming took place affected the actor's deteriorating health, making it more difficult for him to perform than a so-so script. Unlike the situation with Tracy and Francis, I have read that Cagney, who succeeded Tracy in the role, became very fond of his neophyte co-star Don Dubbins, and had him cast in a follow-up movie with him, These Wilder Years (1956).Western Guy wrote:Another interesting point regarding Spencer: As much as he liked Wagner, he possessed a strong dislike towards another young co-star, Robert Francis, during the initial filming of TRIBUTE TO A BAD MAN, before Francis died tragically and Tracy left the picture. Seems that one was either in or out with Tracy, based on his own whims.
