Keeper of the Flame (film)

Keeper of the Flame is a 1943 MetroGoldwynMayer MGM drama film directed by George Cukor, and starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.

Forrests widow, Christine Katharine Hepburn, refuses to speak to reporters throughout the proceedings. However, OMalley befriends youngster Jeb Darryl Hickman, son of the gatekeeper of the Forrest estate, Jason Rickards Howard Da Silva. The griefstricken boy shows him a way into the mansion, where he meets Christine. Though she is cordial enough, she refuses any cooperation with his biography. After OMalley leaves, Forrests private secretary, Clive Kerndon Richard Whorf, fearful of how the reporter will react to the brushoff, convinces Christine to offer her help so that they can steer him in the direction they want.As time goes on, OMalley gains the widows trust. Christine is the keeper of the flame, protecting her husbands memory and reputation. OMalleys instincts tell him that some secret is being kept from him. He discovers that Forrests elderly, mentally ill mother Margaret Wycherly is living in a separate house on the vast estate. Despite her servants attempts to keep them apart, he manages to speak with her and obtains more clues from her ramblings. ........

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