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The Power and the Glory (1933)

Directed by William K. Howard

William Howard’s rendition of this early Preston Sturges screenplay depicts the rise of young entrepreneur Tom Garner (Tracy) to the pinnacle of power as a ruthless but alienated railroad tycoon. Constructed as a victim and a creator of his own success, Garner gave Tracy considerable range to portray a man weighted down by ambivalence, and set up better casting opportunities than he had previously known.

Fox Film Corp. Producer: Jesse L. Lasky. Screenwriter: Preston Sturges. Cinematographer: James Wong Howe. Editor: Paul Weatherwax. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Colleen Moore, Ralph Morgan, Helen Vinson, Clifford Jones.

35mm, b/w, 77 min.