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waterloo-bridge:Katharine Hepburn photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt.I’m bothered that no one yet has pointed out the giant blemish on her chin in ALL of these TPS pub. portraits.Do I have to do everything around here?

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Letter response from Katharine Hepburn to Joan Crawford’s daughter, Cathy LaLonde. Uhm. Seems there isn’t much else to say, here; I guess the same can be said about Hepburn’s friendship with Joan. Sept. 12th, 1979. read more

Tell me why I have a display for the freakin’ ‘African Queen’ in my basement.Why did I decree that necessary, at all? Perhaps it’s because people enjoy dumping memorabilia for that particular film on me over… anything else ever produced by Hollywood? What. (I don&rsquo read more

Katharine Hepburn, on her mother at Bryn Mawr (who was absolutely awesome and worked with Margaret Sanger for women’s rights) read more

ontheset:Spencer Tracy (left) and Garson Kanin (right) at the Long Island Studios of the Army Signal Corps for the recording of Tracy’s narration of the “Ring of Steel” on February 19, 1942.Once upon a time, @metromoviestar made a brillz ~graphic (lol, no) of this here photo:I give read more

Katharine Hepburn, Me: Stories of My Life. (via illegitimateredhead)1986, with her brother, Robert. Photo by John Bryson. [I… think? Don’t hold me to that.](via lucilleeffinball-deactivated201)

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Without Love (1945)(via ellephanta-deactivated20191119)

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Lauren Bacall, Angela Lansbury and Glenn Close Pay Tribute to Katharine Hepburn, Kennedy Center Honors. from NoneOfYour DamnBusiness on Vimeo. I mean, what else do you need to know about this? Glenn is dressed as Voldermort, but remains vertical around Bacall, so that's a plus. Betty walks to read more

“Sondheim’s new house was directly to the east of Katharine Hepburn’s longtime home. Did he know he was buying next door to Hepburn? Well, if he didn’t, he sure found out. "One night before the sale closed, I took some friends over to look at the house,” says Sondheim. read more

This probably belongs on here, too.TPS > HS.

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“KATHARINE HEPBURN’S REAL NAME IS…….Katharine HepburnSHE WAS BORN……………………… April 10 in Hartford, Conn.FIRST IMPORTANT PICTURE…………………"Bill of Divorcement”SHE read more

Katharine Hepburn wore this Joseff dual brooch, meant to look like an arrow going through her heart-shaped dress, in 1947’s SONG OF LOVE.Fascinating first-hand account of Hollywood jeweler Eugenne Joseff’s archives. read more

William Morris agent Larry Fitzgerald, from an interview in David Rensin’s The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up (via lynnelemon)(via noyoudontoprah-deactivated20130)

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Still from MARY OF SCOTLAND (1936).

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“We are thrilled to announce a book celebrating Katharine Hepburn’s unique style published by Rizzoli. Katharine Hepburn: Rebel Chic, will be available this Fall and presents Katharine Hepburn as a style icon. With text by Kent State Museum Director Jean Druesedow, and other notable cont read more

Renato takes Jane to see the lace-making in SUMMERTIME (1955), deleted scene. read more

It’s 7:25 am, and I’m still awake. Have this.

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“Here’s our boyish Queen of the stage and movies, Katharine Hepburn, who – HONEST! – owns but one dress. All else in her wardrobe is slacks.”–[unkown] newspaper clipping, 1941.SOUND THE HOUNDS.

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I mean, I feel like 14-year-old me drew a more accurate rendering of La Hep than this. Fuck yeah, look at that lack of technique. And Spencer’s floating nose. Kate’s shnoz should be 1. springing out more from her forehead and 2. longer, but whatta'ya gonna do.Why did I post this. I never read more

Costume sketch for Katharine Hepburn in The Taming of the Shrew, by Ruth Dolgov. Sydney, 1955. read more