Adam's Rib
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday
Director: George Cukor
Writer: Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
Producer: Lawrence Weingarten
Adam's Rib is a 1949 American romantic comedy-drama film by director George Cukor from a screenplay written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin. It stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as married lawyers who come to oppose each other in court. Judy Holliday co-stars as the third lead in her second credited movie role. Also featured are Tom Ewell, David Wayne, and Jean Hagen.
Trivia
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay; Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture.
- The screenplay was written specifically as a Tracy-Hepburn vehicle (their sixth film together) by Garson Kanin and actress Ruth Gordon, married script writers who were friends of the couple.
- Kanin claimed that Judy Holliday initially declined her role because her character is called "fatso" in the script.
- According to Kanin, the story of Adam's Rib was based on the lives of Gordon's friends Dorothy and William Dwight Whitney, and of actor Raymond Massey.
Filming Locations
- Los Angeles
Previous Showings
10 Runs • 6 Festivals
13,639 tickets sold
All runs on record (10):
- August 25 - 28, 1990 · 2,699 ticketsw/ Bringing Up Baby
- May 18 - 20, 1991 · 1,581 ticketsw/ Pat and Mike
- August 18, 1994 · 455 ticketsw/ Pat and Mike
- December 13 - 15, 1996 · 958 ticketsw/ Unfaithfully Yours
- April 2 - 6, 1999 · 1,392 ticketsDirected by George Cukorw/ Pat and Mike
- May 18 - 20, 2007 · 2,275 ticketsKatharine Hepburnw/ It Should Happen to You
- April 10 - 13, 2010 · 1,488 ticketsSpring 2010w/ The Talk of the Town
- July 20 - 23, 2013 · 1,526 ticketsSummer 2013w/ Desk Set
- July 24 - 26, 2019 · 708 ticketsSummer 2019w/ Desk Set
- September 4 - 5, 2025 · 557 ticketsSummer 2025w/ It Should Happen to You