Desk Set (1957)
Directed by Walter Lang 

Of the nine Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy collaborations, Walter Lang Desk Set is one of ‘em. Bunny Watson (Hepburn) is a library reference clerk, possessing a remarkable knack for trivia that would’ve made her an ideal Jeopardy! contestant. Yet her department is on the cusp of automation as Richard Sumners (Tracy) enters as a consultant looking to replace Bunny and her colleagues with a humorously oversized supercomputer. Romantic follies abound by the principles keep the whole thing springy, but Lang isn’t much of a formalist and the material never registers as prescient or especially insightful. The novelty of Desk Set - a film made in 1957 that discusses the impending automation of jobs by machines - is offset by a lightness that never delves beyond the superficial. Much of the film is dedicated to the skepticism of ever being replaced by a computer, but despite all the smart people in the room, there’s rarely a moment for introspection. Instead, it’s largely dedicated to the romantic missteps of Hepburn & Tracy, which I guess is what you came to see.