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“The greatest goddamned actor I’ve actually noticed!”—George M. CohanHis complete name was Spencer Bonaventure Tracy. He was called “The Grey Fox” by Frank Sinatra; additional stars called him the “The Pope.”Spencer Tracy’s picture on-screen was that of the self-reliant person whose sense of rectitude toward others was coordinated by his sense of humor toward herself. Whether he was Father Flanagan of Boys Town, Clarence Darrow of Inherit the Wind, or the disabled war veteran in Bad Trip to Black-Rock, Tracy was permanently regarded as a principal of strength.In his many humor functions opposite Katharine Hepburn (Girl of the Entire Year and Adam’s Rib included in this) or in Father of the Bride with Elizabeth Taylor, Tracy was the type of normal American man you could rely on.Now James Curtis, acclaimed biographer of Preston Sturges (“Definitive” —Variety), James Whale, and Watts.