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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Desk_SetDesk Set - Wikipedia

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   Desk Set (released as His Other Woman in the UK) is a 1957 American romantic comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The screenplay was written by Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron from the 1955 play of the same name by William Marchant.

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2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0050307Desk Set (1957) - IMDb

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   Desk Set: Directed by Walter Lang. With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Joan Blondell. Two extremely strong personalities clash over the computerization of a television network's research department.

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   • Genre: Comedy, Romance

   • Director: Walter Lang
   • Release Date: 1957-08-02

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4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0050307Desk Set (1957) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb

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   Desk Set (1957) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

5. www.imdb.com › title › tt0050307Desk Set (1957) - Plot - IMDb

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   The mysterious man hanging about at the research department of a big TV network proves to be engineer Richard Sumner, who's been ordered to keep his real purpose secret: computerizing the office. Department head Bunny Watson, who knows everything, needs no computer to unmask Richard.

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   Was desk set a good movie?

   • Desk Set (1957) was a pleasant Spencer Tracy – Katharine Hepburn romantic comedy, with Hepburn as the head of a television network’s research department resisting the introduction of an advanced computer by an engineer (Tracy).

   Desk Set | Romantic Comedy, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn

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   Is desk set a romantic comedy?

   • Desk Set reunites one of cinema's most well-loved pairings for a solidly crafted romantic comedy that charmingly encapsulates their timeless appeal. Bunny Watson (Katharine Hepburn) is a library reference clerk stuck in a dead-end relationship with a boring television executive (Gig Young).

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   Is desk set based on a true story?

   • Desk Set, which was based on a 1955 play by William Marchant, represents the eighth screen pairing of Tracy and Hepburn. It follows the well-established formula of featuring them in a battle of wits that ends in romance. The computer featured in the movie was based on the UNIVAC, an early commercial computer that debuted in 1951.

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   What was desk set's last movie?

   • Following Desk Set their last film together would be 1967's Guess Who's Coming to Dinner . The computer referred to as EMERAC is a homoiophone metonym for ENIAC (" E lectronic N umerical I ntegrator A nd C omputer"), which was developed in the 1940s and was the first electronic general-purpose computer.

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7. www.tcm.com › tcmdb › titleDesk Set (1957) - Turner Classic Movies

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   Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff. Cast & Crew. Read More. Walter Lang. Director. Spencer Tracy. Richard Sumner. Katharine Hepburn. Bunny Watson. Gig Young. Mike Cutler.

   • Director: Walter Lang, Hal Herman

   • Actors: Spencer Tracy

8. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › desk_setDesk Set | Rotten Tomatoes

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   Bunny Watson (Katharine Hepburn) is a library reference clerk stuck in a dead-end relationship with a boring television executive (Gig Young). Her life is thrown into turmoil when computer expert...

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9. www.britannica.com › topic › Desk-SetDesk Set | Romantic Comedy, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn

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   Desk Set, American romantic comedy film, released in 1957, that was the first colour movie featuring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. It was one of the earliest movies to deal with the issue of labour anxiety amid the advent of the computer age. Tracy portrayed Richard Sumner, an efficiency.