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bonaventures:Phyllis Wilbourn and some other person. [London, 1967]“Look at this!” Hepburn gasps. “He did get a picture of me after all. Don’t I look awful*. We thought we escaped the son-of-a-bitch. Why didn’t he tell us? He chased us all over the West End. He could ha read more

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organaleias:Katharine Hepburn performs as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra during the American Shakespeare Festival; 1960.(Source: doctormacro.com, via eccentricks)

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“I don’t think I’ve got an unusual fear of death, but I can’t watch any film I made with Clark Gable or Bogie or any actor I knew well. (Maybe I do take death too seriously; I don’t know.I remember, when I was a kid, I shot a bird, and I cried so much over that goddamn read more

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Katharine Hepburn in 1941.The positioning of her left foot. It looks broken.

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Katharine Hepburn clipping from the cover of the 1936 February issue of Movie Mirror.[Why the 30s fangirl before me had to chop-up this gorgeous cover using PlaySkool Silly Scissors remains a mystery.]

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“To grow or not to grow! Such is Katharine Hepburn’s coiffure problem. Starring currently in RKO-Radio’s "Sylvia Scarlett,” her hair was shorn short for earlier scenes and later permitted to form into brief, soft curls. Now, the girls who take their tips from the movies are c read more

Knittin’ with Fay Bainter, on the set of QUALITY STREET (1937)

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I was slightly confused when I stumbled across something labeled ‘maternitybedsheet’ on my HD, yesterday.I am no longer confused.This is a publicity shot for THE IRON PETTICOAT (195WhoGivesACrap). You can see this… garment… hanging on one of the mannequins in the display wi read more

Katharine Hepburn as Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, 1973.

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Hepburn as Rosalind in As You Like It, 1950.

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theartinyourself:In these early scenes, Lean captures an emotion that almost every American traveling in Europe has felt at one time or another: the intolerable oppressiveness of beauty when it’s experienced in solitude. Vincent Korda did the sumptuous interior designs, but Summertime&nbs read more

I didn’t have enough monies to buy you sumpin’ fancy for your birthday, Kath.So ah baked you a brownie.5 - 12 - 1907

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This stunning colorization is work of the illustrious Emily.

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theartinyourself:The career of Katharine Hepburn.Aw. This was lovely!!!(via noyoudontoprah-deactivated20130)

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fuckyeahspencertracy:A dual portrait, apparently penned during the making of State of the Union. The inscription, in Tracy’s barely legible hand, reads:“To the old one with love from THE PRESIDENT.”(ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES) | Spencer Tracy: A BiographyHappy read more

Probably my favorite picture ever taken of a person.Deleted scene from ADAM’S RIB (1949). Home movie, after the bit with Adam and their dogs. The following shot is of Amanda attempting to ride a hobbyhorse. She falls. Tries again. Falls. And finally poses with the thing, her arms around its ne read more

Included here is the interview Katharine Hepburn gave to Phil Donahue in ‘91, plugging the recent publication of Me: Stories of my Life.It is also notorious for being one of the most uncomfortable and revealing interviews in cable history. One secondhand-embarrassment moment after another.Dona read more