Tag Archives: Spencer Tracy

Posthumous Oscars

This year, the forerunner for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor seems to be Heath Ledger, nominated for his searing performance as The Joke in The Dark Knight. Ledger received the nomination on January 22 – the one year anniversary of his death. (This image, by Howie Berlin, is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License) In case you were wondering, other actors have been nominated for Oscars posthumously. In the past 81 years, 53 people have received 70 posthumous nominations with 13 of them winning. The first person nominated for an Oscar after his death was writer … Continue reading →

Pat and Mike (1957)

Starring the unforgettable team of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, “Pat and Mike” is the story of Patricia Pemberton (Hepburn), the physical education teacher at an upper-class school. Her fiancé is Collier Weld (William Ching) an overbearing, patronizing man who never gives Pat the credit she deserves. Pat is an excellent golfer, but when she’s out on the green with Collier, she can’t hit a ball to save her life. When a wealthy patron asks Collier and Patricia to go golfing to firm up the details on a large gift to the school, Pat goes along, flubbing it up all … Continue reading →