State of the Union 1948
7.2 / 10
State of the Union
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
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... Grant Matthews
... Mary Matthews
... Spike McManus
... Kay Thorndyke
... Jim Conover
... Sam Thorndyke
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See All 1 Reviews09 Jul 2022 by CinemaSerf
This is a fine example of the on screen chemistry between Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The former is a successful businessman talked into running for the Republican nomination for US President by the ambitious "Kay Thorndyke" (Angela Lansbury). She vows to put her not inconsiderable resources (newspapers and the like) behind his campaign. His wife "Mary" (Hepburn) is somewhat of a free spirit, as you'd expect, and soon she proves to be a bit of a liability to the party machine encouraging her husband to challenge the establish politics (and politicians) not only rocking, but potentially sinking the boat. Lansbury stands out for me here, she plays the duplicitous character convincingly marrying subtle menace with a femme-fatale style elegance really well. There are a couple of solid supporting roles from Adolphe Menjou and the slick Van Johnson ("Spike") and the whole scenario gives us an interesting, well written, look at just how undemocratic an election proves can actually be...
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Release Date:
Apr 30, 1948 (United States)
Run Time:
2hr 4`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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State of the Union
This is a fine example of the on screen chemistry between Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The former is a successful businessman talked into running for the Republican nomination for US President by the ambitious "Kay Thorndyke" (Angela Lansbury). She vows to put her not inconsiderable resources (newspapers and the like) behind his campaign. His wife "Mary" (Hepburn) is somewhat of a free spirit, as you'd expect, and soon she proves to be a bit of a liability to the party machine encouraging her husband to challenge the establish politics (and politicians) not only rocking, but potentially sinking the boat. Lansbury stands out for me here, she plays the duplicitous character convincingly marrying subtle menace with a femme-fatale style elegance really well. There are a couple of solid supporting roles from Adolphe Menjou and the slick Van Johnson ("Spike") and the whole scenario gives us an interesting, well written, look at just how undemocratic an election proves can actually be...
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State of the Union
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Eylla Jacobs... Script Supervisor
... Director
Cast
... Grant Matthews
... Mary Matthews
... Spike McManus
... Kay Thorndyke
... Jim Conover
... Sam Thorndyke
... Norah
... Bill Nolard Hardy
... Blink Moran
... Sam I. Parrish
... Buck Swenson
... Lulubelle Alexander
... Judge Alexander
... Secretary
... Secretary
... First Reporter
... City Official
... Wrestler
... Joyce Matthews
... Grant Matthews Jr.
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