Spencer Tracy Tracy left MGM in 1955, and continued to work regularly as a freelance star, despite an increasing weariness as he aged. His personal life was troubled, with a lifelong struggle against severe alcoholism and guilt over his son's deafness. Tracy became estranged from his wife in the 1930s, but never divorced, conducting a long-term relationship with Katharine Hepburn in private. Towards the end of his life, Tracy worked almost exclusively for director Stanley Kramer. It was for Kramer that he made his last film, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" in 1967, completed just 17 days before his death. During his
Riffraff (1936 film) the picture that there is too much tuna fish, and not enough Harlow." The film's depiction of organized labor drew some controversy. Max S. Hayes of "The Cleveland Citizen" attacked the film as "propaganda to prejudice the public against trade unionism". According to MGM records, the film earned $717,000 in the US, and $330,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $63,000. Riffraff (1936 film) Riffraff is a 1936 American film starring Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy. The movie was written by Frances Marion, Anita Loos, and H. W. Hannaford, and directed by J. Walter Ruben. Spencer Tracy plays a rough