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Witness the Life and Times of One of the Finest and Most Versatile Actors of the Golden Age Generation of Silver Screen Stars
A collection of essays and images celebrating the legendary Spencer Tracy
Newton, MA –– Wonderfully informative and entertaining. It’s a meticulously researched, in-depth look at a part of Spencer Tracy’s spectacular career that nobody knows – before the MGM and Hepburn glory days, and before the constraints of the Hollywood Production Code – beautifully explaining why Tracy became the one actor who “defies imitation.” – Robert Osborne, Turner Classic Movies
The New England Vintage Film Society Inc. proudly presents a unique collection of essays and images celebrating legendary two-time Academy Award winning actor Spencer Tracy’s outstanding legacy of early screen performances in Fox’s lively Depression era pre-Code films with Spencer Tracy Fox Film Actor.
Spencer Tracy’s early career at Fox Film Corporation dovetails neatly with one of the most notorious—and beloved—periods in American motion picture history: the outbreak of sex, immorality, and defiance in motion pictures known as pre-Code Hollywood cinema. He appeared in 74 films from 1930 to 1967 and is today regarded as one of the finest actors in motion picture history. Nominated for nine Academy Awards for Best Actor—and winning twice—in 1999, the American Film Institute named Spencer Tracy one of the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking 9th on the list of 100.
Filled with thirty-one rare photos that capture Tracy’s Depression era characterizations, Spencer Tracy Fox Film Actor introduces Spencer Tracy’s 1930s Fox Film performances to Tracy admirers and classic movie cinephiles. It is a collection of well-researched, informative essays on the value of Tracy’s films from Fox’s pre-Code era. The collection expands and enhances knowledge of Tracy’s little known early cinematic achievements and makes the case for returning his lost, forgotten, under-appreciated films to movie and television screens by encouraging their restoration and availability in digitized commercial formats.
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About the Author
The New England Vintage Film Society, Incorporated (www.nevintagefilm.org), is a charitable, tax-exempt, non-profit, 501 (c) (3) Massachusetts public corporation committed to the preservation, restoration and presentation of classic and vintage American films to enlighten, enrich, educate and entertain. Their mission to extol Hollywood’s Golden Age and America’s feature films of that era—evaluating interpretations, findings, discoveries and viewpoints in view of the state of contemporary American society and world affairs. They believe motion pictures created for mass audiences throughout the United States from the 1930s through the 1960s serve as important historical records, documenting and reflecting America’s prevailing social, cultural, economic, political, religious and moral attitudes of those decades. They sponsor special projects, activities and events to affirm the significance of these films by actor, director, studio, genre, theme, etc. and, preserve and restore Golden Age films at risk of loss. The New England Vintage Film Society, Incorporated’s mission is being realized, in the short term, by publishing this book of essays and images celebrating a selection of Mr. Spencer Tracy’s essentially forgotten and “lost” Fox masterpieces.
Spencer Tracy Fox Film Actor by New England Vintage Film Society, Inc.
The Pre-Code Legacy of a Hollywood Legend
Publication Date: January 28, 2009
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 230 pages; 978-1-4363-4137-0
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Book Review - L. Wood:
"TCM's Robert Osborne says this book is 'wonderfully informative and entertaining, a meticulously researched, in-depth look at a part of Spencer Tracy's spectacular career that nobody knows...' And I agree! What a marvelous expose' of Spencer Tracy's pre-MGM career at Fox, during the Great Depression, in the early 1930's -- Hollywood's racy pre-Code years. I had no idea Tracy performed with Humphrey Bogart, Jean Harlow, Joan Bennett, Bette Davis, George Raft, Dickie Moore and Shirley Temple!!!! This well-written, unique collection of essays, rare photo stills and other studio memorabilia document in great detail so many forgotten or lost Tracy performances in Golden Age movies -- most of which I have never even heard of. Spencer Tracy is ranked as the ninth greatest actor on AFI's List of "50 Greatest Screen Legends" and is one of my favorite actors. I am familiar with Tracy's iconic performances during the 1940's, 50's and 60's but this book totally blew my mind with so much new information. It's a "Must-Have" for all Spencer Tracy admirers, vintage film aficionados and film studies professors and their students. I don't think the Spencer Tracy films discussed in this anthology are available on DVD but they should be. After all, Spencer Tracy is a Hollywood Legend! Maybe Robert Osborne can do something about that?"
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