The Golden Age Of Hollywood
The Top 200 Movies

148
Adam's Rib
Release date 18th November 1949
Country : USA
Running time : 101 mins
Genre : Comedy
Starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn
Screenplay by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin
Directed by George Cukor
A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Picture


Adam and Amanda Bonner are married lawyers who are on opposing sides of the same case of a woman who tried to shoot her husband. Amanda turns it into a test case for the way the law deals with women but this puts the Bonners' marriage in jeopardy.

Fun battle of the sexes comedy with both stars on peak form. Tracy and Hepburn made a few good movies but this is their best, they are ably backed up by Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell and Jean Hagen.

Trivia - The Golden Age of Hollywood

This was Judy Holliday's screen debut, Hepburn encouraged her to shine and reportedly urged director Cukor to focus on her in their scenes together. Hepburn hoped Holliday would be cast in the screen version of Born Yesterday in the role she had created on Broadway. It worked. 

DVDInformation - The Golden Era Of Hollywood

DVD available from Warner Brothers Home Video  :
http://www.amazon.com/

DVD Reviews - The Golden Age Of Hollywood

DVD Journal
The Cinema Laser



149                       147

Golden Age Of Hollywood forum

Return To Hollywood



Written content copyright Derek McLellan,2005.
Copyright © The Fedora Chronicles

Adam's Rib image from
http://www.gonemovies.com/