31 December, 2020 â By Lucy Popescu
IN 1967 race riots swept across America. As the Supreme Court considered a landmark case on interracial marriage, Hollywood director Stanley Kramer (David Morrissey) started filming
Guess Whoâs Coming to Dinner? William Roseâs topical story was about a pair of young lovers â one black, one white â seeking the âblessingâ of their parents before getting married.
Kramer assembled a stellar cast of Oscar winners, including Sidney Poitier (Adrian Lester), Spencer Tracy (Kenneth Branagh) and Kate Hepburn (Tracy-Ann Oberman), with Hepburnâs niece Katharine Houghton (Daisy Ridley) making her film debut. It was to be Tracy and Hepburnâs last film together; one of Hollywoodâs greatest double acts.