{"id":29531,"date":"2013-02-06T14:03:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T21:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29531"},"modified":"2022-01-27T00:50:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T07:50:04","slug":"pat-and-mike-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29531","title":{"rendered":"Pat and Mike (1952)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ve ever been properly handled.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Poster-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Poster-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA shady sports promoter (Spencer Tracy) offers to help manage the professional career of a gifted female athlete (Katharine Hepburn) who finds herself strangely flummoxed whenever her professor-fiance (William Ching) watches her compete.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aldo Ray Films<\/li>\n<li>George Cukor Films<\/li>\n<li>Katharine Hepburn Films<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Spencer Tracy Films<\/li>\n<li>Sports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nKatharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy&#8217;s seventh joint film was this jaunty romantic comedy situated within the cinematically unique world of women&#8217;s sports. The film&#8217;s unusual setting serves as its calling card, as we&#8217;re provided with a refreshingly ethnographic look at this milieu, with a handful of real-life female athletic stars (such as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Babe_Didrikson_Zaharias\">Babe Didrikson Zaharias<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alice_Marble\">Alice Marble<\/a>) appearing onscreen in &#8220;competition&#8221; with Hepburn. Hepburn was a gifted athlete in her own right, and is 100% believable in her role here; indeed, screenwriters Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon &#8212; friends of Hepburn and Tracy &#8212; wrote the script with her talents in mind. Meanwhile, her rapport with Tracy (having fun playing a somewhat morally dubious character) is as predictably solid as always, and William Ching is fine in a humorous role as her jinxing beau. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Ching.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Ching.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1409\" height=\"1025\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Ching.png 1409w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Ching-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Ching-1024x745.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Ching-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Ching-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Ching-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1409px) 100vw, 1409px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The storyline itself, while slight, is drolly witty, and nicely handled by director George Cukor; I&#8217;m especially fond of scenes involving Tracy&#8217;s hoodish &#8220;colleagues&#8221;, who are disappointed by his decision to go straight with Hepburn &#8212; watch how Hepburn defends &#8220;her man&#8221; against them&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Hoodish.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Hoodish.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Hoodish.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Hoodish-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Hoodish-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Hoodish-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Hepburn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0045012\/trivia?tab=tr&#038;item=tr0717776\">reportedly named this<\/a> as her favorite film made with Tracy. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Katharine Hepburn as Pat<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Hepburn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Hepburn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Hepburn.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Hepburn-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Hepburn-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Spencer Tracy as Mike<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Tracy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Tracy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Tracy.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Tracy-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Tracy-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A fascinating glimpse at &#8217;50s &#8220;women&#8217;s&#8221; sports<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Golf.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Golf.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Golf.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Golf-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Golf-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Tennis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Tennis.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Tennis.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Tennis-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Tennis-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon&#8217;s Oscar-nominated script<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Script.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Script.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Script.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Script-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pat-and-Mike-Script-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a most enjoyable Tracy\/Hepburn flick. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0045012\/?ref_=sr_1\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1952\/06\/19\/archives\/pat-and-mike-with-spencer-tracy-katharine-hepburn-new-film-at.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.tvguide.com\/pat-and-mike\/review\/108937\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/1912\/pat-and-mike\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/812\/pat-and-mike#articles-reviews?articleId=457\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/pat-and-mike\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ve ever been properly handled.&#8221; Synopsis: A shady sports promoter (Spencer Tracy) offers to help manage the professional career of a gifted female athlete (Katharine Hepburn) who finds herself strangely flummoxed whenever her professor-fiance (William Ching) watches her compete. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Aldo Ray Films George Cukor Films Katharine Hepburn Films Romantic Comedy Spencer Tracy Films Sports Review: Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy&#8217;s seventh joint film was this jaunty romantic comedy situated within the cinematically&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29531\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29531"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80694,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29531\/revisions\/80694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}