Desk Set
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Gig Young
Director: Walter Lang
Writer: Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron
Producer: Henry Ephron
Desk Set (released as His Other Woman in the UK) is a 1957 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The movie has science fiction and futuristic themes on the impact of automation and artificial intelligence replacing human labor.
Trivia
- In the play, Bunny Watson (played by Shirley Booth, who was originally intended for the film as well) had only brief, somewhat hostile interactions with Richard Sumner.
- Screenwriters Phoebe and Henry Ephron (the parents of Nora Ephron) built up the role of the efficiency expert and tailored the interactions between him and the researcher to fit Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.
- Following Desk Set their last film together would be 1967's Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
Previous Showings
8 Runs • 5 Festivals
9,572 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (May 26, 1957)
Original Run: May 26, 1957 (Sunday - Tuesday)
All runs on record (8):
- May 26, 1957 (Sunday - Tuesday)Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn
- June 22 - 26, 1991 · 2,690 ticketsw/ The African Queen
- December 20 - 22, 1996 · 719 ticketsw/ Christmas in July
- June 22 - 24, 2007 · 1,404 ticketsKatharine Hepburnw/ Bells Are Ringing
- December 3 - 4, 2011 · 962 ticketsFall 2011w/ The African Queen
- July 20 - 23, 2013 · 1,526 ticketsSummer 2013w/ Adam's Rib
- June 30 - July 2, 2017 · 1,563 ticketsClassic Comedy With Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, W.C. Fields and more!w/ The African Queen
- July 24 - 26, 2019 · 708 ticketsSummer 2019w/ Adam's Rib