"Spencer Tracy: A Biography" (Knopf), by James Curtis: There's a great story about a great actor between the covers of "Spencer Tracy: A Biography," yet it's tougher to get to than it ought to be. An ...

In the 1930 comedy Up the River, two inmates break out of prison to help their former roommate avoid a life of crime. The film, which was a modest hit in its time, is largely remembered as the first ...

According to James Curtis, author of the new 1,056-page "Spencer Tracy: A Biography," it could have been actress Loretta Young who became the love of Tracy's life, not Katharine Hepburn, his partner ...

To most modern movie stars, putting out 75 films in only 37 years would be quite a remarkable task. For Spencer Tracy, whose acting career lasted from 1930 to 1967, it wasn’t. In remembrance of this ...

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor, noted for his natural style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy won two Academy ...

There's a great story between the covers of "Spencer Tracy: A Biography," yet it's tougher to get to than it ought to be. Author James Curtis needed to be more ruthless when it came to deciding what ...

When most people think of back-to-back trophies, they often think of sports dynasties where teams win multiple championships in a row. However, the achievement of winning consecutive Academy Awards ...

Hollywood craziness claims the least "Hollywood%E2%80%9D of stars in this massive, eye-opening biography. Onscreen, in Boys Town to Judgment at Nuremberg, Tracy (1900 ...