Peebs

Struthers, Sally

Nero (Peter Ustinov) "Quo Vadis"

Shane (1953)

Ronald Colman was in "The Talk of the Town" with Jean Arthur

It's a Wonderful Life ("Annie") Next: Butler

Lara's Theme (Dr. Zhivago) Next: Little known song that won an Oscar

Quicksilver (1986)

Pine, Robert

Longbottom, Neville (Matthew Lewis) from "Harry Potter..."

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Gary Cooper was in "A Farewell to Arms" with Helen Hayes

Novarro, Ramon

Yep, I agree with you that Jack Carson or Dennis Morgan in the lead would not have improved WOTY. (Some bigger stars who made movies that came out in 1942: Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Errol Flynn, Bogart.) Claudette Colbert might have worked. Bette Davis, Carole Lombard, Barbara Stanwyck, maybe. Replacing the leads in any movie would have changed it. Who knows, maybe for the better or the worse.

An Unmarried Woman of the Year

Jordan, Mr. (James Mason) "Heaven Can Wait"

Yep, it certainly benefits from the star power of Tracy and Hepburn, as do many movies they were in together and alone. Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson would, I agree, not have improved WOTY. I could think of a few other stars with a little brighter wattage that might have worked, though.

Operation Pacific (1951)

Wouldn't that translate into other Tracy/Hepburn movies being as successful? ("Sea of Grass", "Keeper of the Flame", and "Without Love" aren't as well-loved T/H vehicles). I think Hepburn and Tracy have great chemistry on screen in "Woman of the Year." Hepburn's haughty demeanor fits her famous, globe-trotting, worldly character who is out of touch with more normal aspects of life. Tracy is perfectly cast as a the sports writer who falls for her. While the orphan storyline may seem odd it underscores how much influence her character had and how clueless she was to the immense responsibility she had to that child. It was a wake-up call to Tracy's character that she didn't have the emotional capacity or room in her life for the child or for him. It's not a perfect movie but it's more than just gliding by on the lore of their real-life affair. That ending though...yikes.

Michael Redgrave Next: J.H.

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Kovacs, Ernie

Murphy's Romance

Hobbs, Peter

Mike Connors was in "Good Neighbor Sam" with Romy Schneider

Havisham, Miss (Martita Hunt) from "Great Expectations" (1946)