Summary: THE MARRYING KIND: (1952, George Cukor) In the chambers of a divorce court judge, Aldo Ray and Judy Holliday look back on their marriage, and the flashbacks begin, with 4th of July Central Park picnic a highlight. Screenplay by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin. “One of the more honest portraits of an average marriage... Everything about it — its sets, its costumes, its location shooting in New York City [the couple lives in the recently-opened Stuyvesant Town] — is grounded in reality... Holliday and Ray are a Hepburn and Tracy for the masses.” – Jeanine Basinger. Introduced by Ms. Basinger, Chair of Film Studies at Wesleyan University and author of the new book I Do and I Don’t: A History of Marriage in the Movies, just published by Knopf. Following the screening, she will sign copies of her book, available for sale at Film Forum’s concession. This podcast is a recording of the introduction to THE MARRYING KIND by Jeanine Basinger, recorded February 28, 2013 at Film Forum during a screening of the film.
