State of the Union

Genre: Drama
Released: 1948
Directed by: Frank Capra
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Adolphe Menjou, Angela Lansbury
Alfalfa portrays: Bellhop
Alfalfa's screen time: 32 seconds
Lines of dialogue spoken by Alfalfa: 2

"State of the Union" and images © MCA Universal Home Video


Alfalfa as hotel bellhop in "State of the Union". Click image
to enlarge.

Alfalfa plays a bellhop in this political dramatic comedy. He carries the luggage for some pretty heavy-duty talent: Spencer Tracy as a presidential candidate, Katherine Hepburn as his on-again, off-again wife, and campaign manager Van Johnson. As they enter their suite, Alfalfa is left literally holding the bags while they banter back and forth excitedly.



Alfalfa [anxiously]: Where do you want these?

Finally, Hepburn tells him where to dump the luggage. After a few moments, Alfalfa re-emerges from the other room.

Alfalfa [to Tracy]: I turned on the radiator and opened the window.

This gets him a tip from Tracy and he leaves the suite, ending his appearance.


Alfalfa tells Spencer Tracy that he has turned on the
radiator and opened the window (huh?) Click image to enlarge.


"State of the Union" features some familiar faces. Besides, of course, the aforementioned Hepburn, Tracy, and Johnson, we see a youthful Angela Lansbury as a cutthroat newspaper publisher heiress...



...Margaret "Wicked Witch" Hamilton (below right) as a housekeeper smitten with Van Johnson...



...and, following his retirement from the Green Street Grammar School, none other than...



...Maurice "Arbor Day" Cass, as a tourist who runs into Spencer Tracy while visiting the White House (see below).



Let joy be unconfined!

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