Editing Spencer Tracy (section)

==Assessment and legacy==
[[File:Spencer tracy walk of fame star.jpg|thumb|Tracy's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], at 6814 [[Hollywood Boulevard]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/spencer-tracy |title=Spencer Tracy {{!}} Hollywood Walk of Fame |website=www.walkoffame.com |access-date=August 27, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005165757/http://walkoffame.com/spencer-tracy |archive-date=October 5, 2016 }}</ref>]]

In the 21st century, Tracy is best known to general audiences for his association with Katharine Hepburn.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|last=Matthews |first=Charles |title="Spencer Tracy: A Life" by James Curtis |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/spencer-tracy-a-life-by-james-curtis/2011/10/03/gIQAsi2N4L_story.html |access-date=December 10, 2011 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 21, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514225443/http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/spencer-tracy-a-life-by-james-curtis/2011/10/03/gIQAsi2N4L_story.html |archive-date=May 14, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="basinger">{{cite news|last=Basinger |first=Jeanine |title=Book Review: Spencer Tracy. 'Hollywood's Favorite Actor' |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204346104576637431635762382 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=October 29, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305075151/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204346104576637431635762382 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 }}</ref> He continues to receive praise from film scholars: critic [[Leonard Maltin]] calls Tracy "one of the 20th century's finest actors",<ref name="maltin">{{cite web|last=Maltin |first=Leonard |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/spencer-tracy-a-biographybook-review |title=Spencer Tracy: A Biography – Book review |work=Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy |publisher=Indiewire |date=November 9, 2011 |access-date=March 4, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403043259/http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/spencer-tracy-a-biographybook-review |archive-date=April 3, 2012 }}</ref> while film historian [[Jeanine Basinger]] describes his career as a "golden record of movie achievement".<ref name="basinger"/> Charles Matthews, writing for ''[[The Washington Post]]'', argues that "Tracy deserves to be remembered for himself, as a master of acting technique".<ref name="wp"/>

An award for excellence in film acting is bestowed in Tracy's name at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]]. Past recipients of the UCLA Spencer Tracy Award include [[Kirk Douglas]], [[Michael Douglas]], [[Morgan Freeman]], [[Tom Hanks]], [[Anthony Hopkins]], [[James Stewart]], and [[Denzel Washington]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Morgan gets UCLA's Spencer Tracy Award|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=20060222&id=G8MfAAAAIBAJ&pg=5613,2156931|access-date=February 12, 2012|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Gadsden Times|date=February 22, 2006}}</ref>

A 1986 [[PBS]] documentary titled ''The Spencer Tracy Legacy'' was hosted by Hepburn.<ref name=KramerHeeley/><ref name=NYTimes030412>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/75818/The-Spencer-Tracy-Legacy/overview |title=The Spencer Tracy Legacy (1986) |access-date=March 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307001959/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/75818/The-Spencer-Tracy-Legacy/overview |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2016 |archive-date=March 7, 2016 }}</ref> It includes clips from Tracy's films, and behind-the-scenes archival footage and home movies of Tracy's private life and career, as well as newly filmed interviews with many of his former co-stars,<ref name=NYTimes030412/> and with his daughter Susie Tracy.<ref name=KramerHeeley>Kramer and Heeley (2015).</ref> In 2009, Tracy provided inspiration for the character Carl in [[Pixar]]'s Oscar-winning film ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]''. Director [[Pete Docter]] explained that there is "something sweet about these grumpy old guys".<ref name=exclaim>{{cite news|author=James Keast |title=Pixar Reveals Early Look At Up |work=[[Exclaim!]] |date=February 6, 2009 |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/pixar_reveals_early_look_at_up |access-date=October 16, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717095535/http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/pixar_reveals_early_look_at_up |archive-date=July 17, 2015 }}</ref> In 2014, a film about Tracy's relationship with Katharine Hepburn was announced to be in development.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McNary |first1=Dave |title=Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy Movie in Development |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/katherine-hepburn-spencer-tracy-movie-in-development-1201104207/ |access-date=January 25, 2015 |work=Variety |date=February 14, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824054233/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/katherine-hepburn-spencer-tracy-movie-in-development-1201104207/ |archive-date=August 24, 2014 }}</ref>

Several of Tracy's films, particularly his comedies, are regarded as classics of American cinema. He starred in four of the titles on the [[American Film Institute]]'s list of "[[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs|100 Years&nbsp;... 100 Laughs]]": ''[[Adam's Rib]]'', ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'', ''[[Father of the Bride (1950 film)|Father of the Bride]]'' and ''[[Woman of the Year]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years&nbsp;... 100 Laughs |url=http://www.afi.com/100Years/laughs.aspx |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=October 9, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116134020/http://www.afi.com/100Years/laughs.aspx |archive-date=November 16, 2015 }}</ref> ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'' was included on AFI's list of [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies|the 100 greatest American movies]],<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years&nbsp;... 100 Movies |url=http://www.afi.com/100years/movies.aspx |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=October 9, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611142910/http://www.afi.com/100Years/movies.aspx |archive-date=June 11, 2016 }}</ref> while ''[[Captains Courageous (1937 film)|Captains Courageous]]'' was featured on their list of [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers|America's most inspiring movies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/100Years/cheers.aspx |title=AFI's 100 Years&nbsp;... 100 CHEERS |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=February 12, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113094133/http://www.afi.com/100Years/cheers.aspx |archive-date=January 13, 2012 }}</ref>