Keeper of the Flame

Keeper of the Flame (DVD) (*)

$25.99

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1942 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
George Cukor

Written By:
I.A.R. Wylie
Donald Ogden Stewart

Actors:
Spencer Tracy ..... Steven 'Stevie' O'Malley
Katharine Hepburn ..... Mrs. Christine Forrest
Richard Whorf ..... Clive Kerndon
Margaret Wycherly ..... Old Mrs. Forrest
Forrest Tucker ..... Geoffrey 'Geoff' Midford
Frank Craven ..... Doctor Fielding
Stephen McNally ..... Freddie Ridges
Percy Kilbride ..... Orion Peabody, Taxi Driver
Audrey Christie ..... Jane Harding
Darryl Hickman ..... Jeb Rickards
Donald Meek ..... Mr. Arbuthnot
Howard Da Silva ..... Jason Rickards
William Newell ..... Piggot, the Horse Handler

Synopsis:

If you're wondering what Citizen Kane might have looked like had it been produced by MGM, we submit for your approval Keeper of the Flame. War correspondent Spencer Tracy is assigned to write the life story of a recently deceased super-patriot. One would suppose that the much-beloved decedent's life would be an open book, yet his widow Katharine Hepburn refuses to release any details concerning her late husband. Tracy gains Hepburn's confidence, and she agrees to help him with his article. Several curious incidents lead Tracy to believe that Hepburn was in some way responsible for her husband's death. While this is not entirely the case, Tracy stumbles upon a truth that has been carefully hidden from the public by the dead man's 'damage control' people. Adapted by Donald Ogden Stewart from a novel by I. A. R. Wylie, Keeper of the Flame is perhaps the most dour of the Tracy/Hepburn vehicles; those expecting the usual battle-of-the-sexes repartee between the two stars would be better off with Adam's Rib or Pat and Mike.

Journalist Steve O'Malley is writing a biography of a national hero who died when his car ran off a bridge. The man's widow Christine cooperates, and Steve learns that she could have warned him of the bridge but chose not to...

Robert Forrest's tragic death is investigated by reporter Steven O'Malley, who finds out some unexpected details of Forrest's life and about his death. Screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 29 November, 2010.

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