State of the Union (1948)

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1. 

   Violet Poppet

   "No woman could ever run for president - she'd have to admit she was over 35."
   - delivered by Katherine Hepburn 8 years 3 months ago
2. 

   Siskoid

   Based on a Pulitzer-winning play, State of the Union seems a perfect story for Frank Capra to adapt - an idealist's values are tested when he runs for president. Sounds right up his alley. Despite Capra's moral utopianism, the script bathes in realpolitik and is beautifully written. And though Spencer Tracy gives his dependable best, and Angela Lansbury is great as a cold political operative/media empress, this is really Katharine Hepburn's show. Wow. She plays the candidate's wife, estranged at the outset (Adultery She Wrote, if you know what I mean), but still in love with her husband. A savvy political mind herself, and her husband's conscience. By turns funny, romantic, and touching, you feel every emotion with her. Politically, this is a progressive story that's still relevant today, using a love triangle to dramatize the conflict between honesty and corruption, the stakes of which are the heart and soul of America. I'm afraid we don't live in Capra's world, but it's nice to think we might one day. 4 years 7 months ago
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   MMDan

   https://ok.ru/video/2163803294335 1 week 3 days ago

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