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Katharine Hepburn primps in the garden of her New York City townhouse in Turtle Bay, in the late 1940s. read more

Katharine Hepburn takes her script along to the Venice Lido, while on location for SUMMERTIME (1955), July 5th, 1954. Associated Press.You know, I was sort of split on posting this – on one hand, it’s a candid I’d never seen before; but on the other, it’s not any different fr read more

bonaventures:Katharine Hepburn wearing the Inquisition necklace by Harry Winston [x]What’s more, if you Wakikipedia the Spanish Inquisition necklace, the description mentions something about Winston loaning the jewels to Hepburn, on the occasion of the 1947 Academy Awards! So one’s left read more

Above: Trekking through the mountains in Dublin, on location for THE LION IN WINTER (1968). Below: Overhead from a makeshift staircase, on location in France for THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT (1969).“Hello,” she said. ‘You’re a novelist; do you want coffee? I bet you don&rsqu read more

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May 16th excerpt from The New York Times.When she wasn’t making up words, she was wrecking people. Mess.

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“ON WRITING: I noticed in the script that you were very specific about camera shots in a way that would be unusual for a screenplay nowadays.LARDNER: We meant to do that only when they seemed particularly relevant to getting a point across. Although we knew that a director was not going t read more

costumefilms:SUMMERTIME (1955) - Katharine Hepburn as Jane Hudson, wearing a white cambric shirt with broderie anglaise, white piquet skirt with taffeta and tulle petticoat.This dress, which is from the Tirelli Trappetti Foundation Collection, is part of the exhibition Trame di moda, held at Mu read more

On the set of WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942). From left to right: Michael Kanin (writer); Ring Lardner Jr. (writer); Someone In Polka Dots; Joseph Mankiewicz (producer).Below is an interview Lardner (an infamous member of the “Hollywood Ten” blacklist) gave to the Writers Guild of America [Eas read more

perisynthion-deactivated2012112:Let me sit in a dark corner and cry for the rest of my life about this wonderful picture. ;__; Just look at their faces. Not even OTP suits here any longer. There has to be invented a word to describe them both.I can’t possibly top the provided caption; ‘s read more

“Spencer Tracy At SEVENTEEN.”Except it was the Navy—Norfolk Navy Yard, in Virgina. And he never went overseas. But, whatever you say, Movie Guide!

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Charcoal sketch of Katharine Hepburn in WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942).Pst, Evelien: if you’re reading this, do you happen to know the artist?

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The SHOT is through the horizontal bars of a scale, onto Pat. She is wearing shorts and a T-shirt. Mike’s hand is in the shot, moving the balance. He adjusts it, and the balance bar holds steady.MIKE: That’s it. One eleven.He steps forward into the shot. Pat steps off the scale and follo read more

That time Kate Hepburn and Garson Kanin [the very man who hatched the brilliant plan of teaming Hepburn with Spencer Tracy; thus, losing her, forever] dated for 5 seconds.   “These two are the newest delight of the jewelers and florists and all the little shops, what with presents sp read more

Katharine Hepburn in 1989.

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MCGILLIGAN: I’m tempted to ask you if you got any support from Katharine Hepburn, since your career – your Oscar for co-writing WOMAN OF THE YEAR – is so closely associated with her name. You told me once that Hepburn, along with you and many others, worked for Wallace, and that sh read more

Spencer Tracy at a dinner banquet in the early 40s.Original size here.

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Spencer Tracy… oh, it doesn’t matter what he’s doing, does it? Look at all of this. 1940.Original size here.

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“You’re still not in Stage Three.” – Katharine Hepburn as Mary Matthews, in STATE OF THE UNION (1948). read more

A Valentina-clad Katharine Hepburn at an undisclosed film premiere in 1946, as chaperoned by David Wayne look-a-like, Billy Grady.

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