John Prentice's Previous marriage


Did I "misremeber" Spencer Tracy listening on the phone about John Prentice's background, that he was married & had a son, but his wife & son were killed in a car accident?

If so, I don't recall anyone talking about this?

We're all in strung out shape, but stay frosty, and alert.

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Yes, his wife and kid died in a car accident.

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Right before Katherine Hepburn is introduced to Sidney Potier, her daughter is talking about John and how he had a wife and son that were killed.

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A train accident, I think.

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Yes, it's brought up in the background check on the phone call.

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And iirc, when is having that shouting conversation with his dad in the study, he says "my son, if I ever have one again"

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Yes, it's also explained to Hepburn at the beginning of the film. Later, Tracy gets the same facts again.

Dramatically, it's necessary to establish that Poitier does not limit himself to white women.

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Dramatically, it's necessary to establish that Poitier does not limit himself to white women.

Likewise his attraction to Dorothy.

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It is also referred to by John talking to his mother, saying he wondered if he would "ever feel that way again" until he met Joey.

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