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* AwesomeDearBoy: Sidney Poitier wasn't happy with his part or the story, but took the film because he couldn't pass up the chance to work with Tracy and Hepburn.



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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/SamanthaEggar was considered for Joey.

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** Kramer directed a pilot for a TV sitcom adaptation in 1975, with Leslie Charleson and Bill Overton stepping into Houghton and Poitier's roles, respectively. It was never picked up.
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* RealSongThemeTune: An easy-listening choral rendition of the standard "The Glory of Love".

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* RealSongThemeTune: An easy-listening choral rendition of the '30s standard "The Glory of Love".

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* StuntDouble: Veteran stuntman and long time Creator/SpencerTracy stunt double, John "Bear" Hudkins, appears as the disapproving cab driver in the first of the film and does all the location driving. Later on he doubles for Tracy in the car crash scene.


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* StuntDouble: Veteran stuntman and long time Creator/SpencerTracy stunt double, John "Bear" Hudkins, appears as the disapproving cab driver in the first of the film and does all the location driving. Later on he doubles for Tracy in the car crash scene.
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* RealSongThemeTune: An easy-listening choral rendition of the standard "The Glory of Love".
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** Zigzagged with Sidney Poitier, who wasn't happy with his part or the story, but took the film because he couldn't pass up the chance to work with Tracy and Hepburn.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The exterior shot for the Drayton household was filmed in Pasadena.
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* StuntDouble: Veteran stuntman ,and long time Creator/SpencerTracy stunt double, John "Bear" Hudkins appears as the disapproving cab driver in the first of the film and does all the location driving. Later on he doubles for Tracy in the car crash scene.

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* StuntDouble: Veteran stuntman ,and and long time Creator/SpencerTracy stunt double, John "Bear" Hudkins Hudkins, appears as the disapproving cab driver in the first of the film and does all the location driving. Later on he doubles for Tracy in the car crash scene.
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* StuntDouble: Veteran stuntman ,and long time Creator/SpencerTracy stunt double, John "Bear" Hudkins appears as the disapproving cab driver in the first of the film and does all the location driving. Later on he doubles for Tracy in the car crash scene.

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* SwanSong: Spencer Tracy's last film. He died shortly after shooting wrapped up.


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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/SamanthaEggar was considered for Joey.
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* SwanSong: Spencer Tracy's last film. He died shortly after shooting wrapped up.
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* RealitySubtext: Spencer Tracy's final speech wasn't about Matt and Christina; it was about Tracy's own decades-long love affair with co-star Creator/KatharineHepburn. The tears in Christina's eyes during that scene were in fact Katharine's own at Tracy's declaration of love for her.
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* DoingItForTheArt: The film's studio backers were initially concerned that the terminally ill Tracy would be unable to make it through the shooting. Kramer and Hepburn put up some of their salaries to back up Tracy's insurance coverage.
* RealLifeRelative: Katharine Houghton, who plays Joey, was Katharine Hepburn's real-life niece.
* ThoseTwoActors: This was the ninth and final screen pairing of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.

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* DoingItForTheArt: The film's studio backers were initially concerned that the terminally ill Tracy Creator/SpencerTracy would be unable to make it through the shooting. Kramer and Hepburn put up some of their salaries to back up Tracy's insurance coverage.
* RealLifeRelative: Katharine Houghton, who plays Joey, was Katharine Hepburn's Creator/KatharineHepburn's real-life niece.
* ThoseTwoActors: This was the ninth and final screen pairing of Spencer Tracy Creator/SpencerTracy and Katharine Hepburn.Creator/KatharineHepburn.
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* DoingItForTheArt: The film's studio backers were initially concerned that the terminally ill Tracy would be unable to make it through the shooting. Kramer and Hepburn put up some of their salaries to back up Tracy's insurance coverage.
* RealLifeRelative: Katharine Houghton, who plays Joey, was Katharine Hepburn's real-life niece.
* ThoseTwoActors: This was the ninth and final screen pairing of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.
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