--- title: 'Keeper of the Flame (1942)' type: 'film' director: 'George Cukor' released: '1942-01-01' runtime_minutes: 100 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Mystery' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/keeper-of-the-flame-1942' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034936/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Keeper of the Flame (1942) 1942 · 100 min · Drama, Mystery · United States ## Synopsis Keeper of the Flame is a 1942 American drama film directed by George Cukor, starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). The screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart is adapted from the 1942 novel Keeper of the Flame by I. A. R. Wylie. Hepburn plays the widow of a famous civic leader who has died in an automobile accident. Tracy portrays a former war correspondent who intends to write a flattering biography of the dead man, only to find that his death is shrouded in mystery. Screenwriter Stewart considered the script for the film to be the finest moment of his career, feeling vindicated by the assignment as he believed that Hollywood had punished him for years for his political views. Principal filming began in the last week of August 1942, four months after the release of the novel, published by Random House. It was filmed on a sound stage, with no location shooting. ## Credits - **Director:** [George Cukor](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-cukor) - **Screenplay:** [Donald Ogden Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-ogden-stewart) - **Original Music Composer:** [Bronisław Kaper](https://cinepixo.com/people/bronis-aw-kaper) - **Producer:** [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/metro-goldwyn-mayer), [Victor Saville](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-saville) - **Director of Photography:** [William H. Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-daniels) - **Editor:** [James E. Newcom](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-e-newcom) ## Cast - [Rex Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-evans) - [Colin Kenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-kenny) - [Richard Whorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-whorf) - [Dorothy Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-morris) - [Frank Craven](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-craven) - [Audrey Christie](https://cinepixo.com/people/audrey-christie) - [Margaret Wycherly](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-wycherly) - [Stephen McNally](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-mcnally) - [Glenn Anders](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenn-anders) - [Crauford Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/crauford-kent) - [Percy Kilbride](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-kilbride) - [Darryl Hickman](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-hickman) - [Spencer Tracy](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-tracy) - [Donald Meek](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-meek) - [Diana Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-douglas) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/keeper-of-the-flame-1942 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2718759); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.