Desk Set

Desk Set was the penultimate Hepburn-Tracy pairing, and as such, was clearly the last one that would really allow Tracy to play the romantic lead. He clearly was too old for this movie, but the chemistry between Hepburn and Tracy never really went away. The scene on the rooftop was definitely enjoyable, as were a lot of the other Hepburn-Tracy scenes, and Dina Merrill looks pretty much like Grace Kelly, which is not a bad thing. The problem with the movie is that Tracy is given nothing to do, the romance is given short shrift, and the ending comes out of nowhere. It felt like there was an entire different movie hidden somewhere in there, but it was hidden behind a screenplay that decided to waste the talent of the cast. Plus, the utopian ideals of computers and no job loss was clearly a result of the IBM sponsorship. Plus, no computer could do half the things that that one did for many years after the movie. Took me out of it.