Spencer Tracy_ A Biography - James C. Curtis [582]
35 “atomic bomb”: The Daily Record (Stroudsburg, Pa.), 11/6/51.
36 “paint the sea”: Spencer Tracy, 1951 datebook (SLT).
37 Millionairess: Hepburn was reported to be reading the play in April 1941, when she was considering doing it on Broadway. In a 1975 interview she spoke of Shaw having wanted her to do a movie of it. “I read it aloud and thought the first act was good, the second act was worse, and the third act was absolutely hopeless. So I said no.”
38 “touring actress”: George Cukor to “Corse,” 2/8/51 (AMPAS).
39 “written a line”: Higham, Kate, p. 150. In early drafts, the exact line is “She is beautyfully stacked, that kid.” In the draft of November 28, 1951, the word “stacked” was changed to “packed.” The word “choice” does not appear as “cherce” in any draft of the script. It is still “choice” in actor Chuck Connors’ copy of the script at USC, which contains changes to December 27.
40 “just flattened out”: Robert Emmet Long, ed., George Cukor: Interviews (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2001), p. 148.
41 “Spence would say”: William Self to the author.
42 “batted ideas”: Higham, Kate, p. 150.
43 “Spencer massaged”: Ibid.
44 “a big brother”: Levy, George Cukor, p. 206.
45 “dinner with Spence”: William Self to the author.
46 “Lawford … was never”: Frank Tracy to Selden West.
47 “got me a part”: William Self to the author.
48 “ ‘old Mayer group’ ”: Hollywood Reporter, 5/7/52.
49 “this nuisance”: Dore Schary to ST, 5/7/52, Dore Schary Papers, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison.
50 “When my mood was high”: Gene Tierney (with Mickey Herskowitz), Self-Portrait (New York: Wyden Books, 1979), p. 173.
51 “happened so quickly”: Kirk Douglas, The Ragman’s Son (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988), p. 170.
52 “making love”: Los Angeles Times, 5/29/52.
CHAPTER 26 AT LOOSE ENDS
1 “one occasion”: This film is archived at John Tracy Clinic. Coverage of the dedication was published in the Los Angeles Times, 5/4/52.
2 “do anything much”: Jane Feely Desmond to the author.
3 “Dad was kidding”: Diane Disney Miller to the author.
4 “My mother thought”: Tierney, Self-Portrait, p. 173.
5 “excessively brutal”: Dore Schary to ST, 7/18/52, Dore Schary Papers, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison.
6 “Unable to understand”: ST to Garson Kanin, 7/30/52, Gordon-Kanin Papers/SW.
7 “thrilling”: ST to Garson Kanin, 7/30/52, Gordon-Kanin Papers/SW.
8 “fulfilled my contract”: Albuquerque Tribune, 8/6/52.
9 “at loose ends”: Garson Kanin to George Cukor, 9/5/52, Gordon-Kanin Papers/SW.
10 “needed a friend”: Garson Kanin to ST, 9/4/52, Gordon-Kanin Papers/SW.
11 “appointed time”: June Dally-Watkins, The Secrets Behind My Smile (Cambelwell, Victoria, Australia: Viking, 2002), p. 99.
12 “twenty-five”: June Dally-Watkins to the author, via telephone, 8/25/06.
13 “Remaining here”: ST to Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, 9/9/52, Gordon-Kanin Papers/SW.
14 “subdued and effeminate”: Time interview transcripts, 1952.
15 “Bogart and Tracy”: Peter Viertel, Dangerous Friends (New York: Doubleday, 1992), p. 238.
16 “It’s the parts”: Dallas Morning News, 4/13/52.
17 “marvelous actor”: Lauren Bacall to the author, via telephone, 2/10/06.
18 “You and Spence”: Emily Perkins to Katharine Hepburn, 8/22/52 (KHLA).
19 “goddamn silly”: George Cukor to Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon, 9/11/52 (AMPAS).
20 “run off”: ST to Garson Kanin, 10/1/52, Gordon-Kanin Papers/SW.
21 “I was surprised”: William Self to the author.
22 “I can’t tell you”: Constance Collier to George Cukor, 10/13/52.
23 “I stood”: Hepburn, Me, p. 48.
24 “understood clearly”: New York Times, 10/18/52.
25 “fine spirits”: George Cukor to Constance Collier, 10/23/52 (AMPAS).
26 “NO REPORT”: ST to Garson Kanin, 11/1/52 (LOC).
27 “facing a decision”: Lowell Sun, 10/31/52.
28 “special dispensation”: Charleston Daily Mail, 11/26/52.
29 “very close”: Time interview transcripts, 1952.
30 “Don’t ever leave me”: Ardmore, “Tracy,” n.d. When later asked about this particular quote, Chuck Sligh replied, “I could