Fox Tucson theater dusk 1967 Spencer Tracy
by David Lee Guss
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Fox Tucson theater dusk 1967 Spencer Tracy
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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In 1967 the Fox Tucson was still showing first run movies, but double bills were common. One of its many problems was lack of parking. Here you can see government based structures under construction.
I used to park at that site before the building was completed. "Guess" was Spencer Tracy's (1900-1967) final film. It was released posthumously. Tracy's many years of binge drinking finally caught up with him. Many consider him the finest film actor ever.
Turner Classic Movies airs periodically a touching recollection by Burt Reynolds, where he says that he was in the presence of greatness when walking with Tracy, on the studio lot, after a day of work. Tracy had little regard for acting, calling a plumber more important.
{"Would people applaud me if I were a good plumber?"....Marlon Brando (1924-2004)}
Finally he also called acting "an empty and useless profession."
Tracy, along with John Barrymore (1882-1942) and Fredric March (1897-1975) was an acting idol of Marlon Brando.
Duke Wayne used to watch movies in the Fox's balcony when he was in town making films.
Lee Marvin talks about working with Tracy and Brando:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiwNc_OBd7g
@2009 David Lee Guss - Film homage, JW, Fox Tucson theater, Tucson, AZ, 1967
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