What is Inherit The Wind / Guess Who's Coming to Dinner about?

INHERIT THE WIND, 1960, MGM Repertory, 128 min. Dir. Stanley Kramer. Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, and Gene Kelly propel this classic courtroom drama about the heated prosecution and defense of a science teacher who dared to teach Darwin's evolutionary theory in a classroom. Science and religion go head-to-head in some of the most memorable performances in film history. Nominated for Best Actor (Spencer Tracy), Cinematography, and Screenplay at the 1961 Academy Awards. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, 1967, Columbia Pictures, 108 min. Dir. Stanley Kramer. Matt and Christina Drayton (Hollywood power couple Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn) are in for a surprise when their daughter brings home her fiancé, a black doctor named John Wade Prentice (Sidney Poitier). The aging couple's "liberal" attitudes are challenged during one dramatic (and hilarious) day and evening, which culminates in the last-minute arrival of Prentice's parents and an Irish priest for dinner.

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What is Inherit The Wind / Guess Who's Coming to Dinner about?: INHERIT THE WIND, 1960, MGM Repertory, 128 min. Dir. Stanley Kramer. Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, and Gene Kelly propel this classic courtroom drama about the heated prosecution and defense of a science teacher who dared to teach Darwin's evolutionary theory in a classroom. Science and religion go head-to-head in some of the most memorable performances in film history. Nominated for Best Actor (Spencer Tracy), Cinematography, and Screenplay at the 1961 Academy Awards.
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, 1967, Columbia Pictures, 108 min. Dir. Stanley Kramer. Matt and Christina Drayton (Hollywood power couple Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn) are in for a surprise when their daughter brings home her fiancé, a black doctor named John Wade Prentice (Sidney Poitier). The aging couple's "liberal" attitudes are challenged during one dramatic (and hilarious) day and evening, which culminates in the last-minute arrival of Prentice's parents and an Irish priest for dinner.