Desk Set (1957): Sapiosexuals Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy Find Love in the Library
by Lesley Gaspar | May 11, 2015 | 1950s, Blogathons, Classic movies, Katharine Hepburn
The opening: The Mondrian carpet, the computer, clattering typewriter? the sprightly, lighthearted music tell us that it?s a comedy. Here is how I first saw?Desk Set: At about 2:30am after working a double shift, one at?Forbes?and another at?Newsweek, I got home,...
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