State of the Union - (Original Trailer)

State Of The Union (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Make Those Heads Roll

Rough opening scene from director Frank Capra, newsman Spike (Van Johnson) et al on death watch for publisher Thorndyke (Lewis Stone), visited by his daughter Kay (Angela Lansbury), from State Of The Union, 1948, from the Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse play.

State Of The Union (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You've Cut Some Corners

Industrialist Matthews (Spencer Tracy) visiting with political boss Conover (Adolphe Menjou), doesn't realize his estranged wife Mary (Katharine Hepburn) has arrived, then discussing a run for the White House, in Frank Capra's State Of The Union, 1948.

State Of The Union (1948) -- (Movie Clip) There's No Halo

First scene for Spencer Tracy as industrialist Matthews, explaining to reporter Spike (Van Johnson), fixer Conover (Adolphe Menjou) and newspaper heiress Kay (Angela Lansbury) how he doesn't want to be president, in Frank Capra's State Of The Union, 1948.

State Of The Union (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Twelve Commandments

Continuing their first scene together, maid Norah (Margaret Hamilton) in the middle as estranged wife Mary (Katharine Hepburn) discovers how close her potential-candidate husband Grant (Spencer Tracy) has become with his powerful mistress, in State Of The Union, 1948.