Katharine Hepburn fans, I know you’ll want to own the Katharine Hepburn Dvd Collection. The movies you’ll cherish in this collection (Morning Glory / Undercurrent / Sylvia Scarlett / Without Love / Dragon Seed / The Corn Is Green) cover the amazing Katharine Hepburn’s career – from early on to later.
Co-Stars include Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Adolphe Menjou, and Walter Huston. But, come on,when Lady Hepburn’s on the screen, who notices co-stars? I’ve always been mesmerized with the cool, captivating, effortless, and rapid-fire way she delivered her lines. Totally and completely mesmerized.
The video above is a fantastic “tribute” done by a Katharine Hepburn fan. There are beautiful pictures of Katharine Hepburn that even I’d never seen before – and I honestly thought I’d seen every picture ever taken during Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Attention, Katharine Hepburn fans: The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Theater will be opening this summer (2009) in Katharine’s beloved seaside town of Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
There’s a new bio about Katharine Hepburn out that’s supposedly something else. Every review I’ve read has been glowing and I haven’t seen it given less than 5 stars, yet. Below is a link to a review on USA Today.com. Personally, I can’t wait to get my hands on it – it’s been way too long since I’ve read a really, really good Hollywood bio….going through withdrawal.
Katharine Hepburn was recognized by MSN Lifestyle as the biggest influence on women’s fashion in the ’30s and ’40s.
Her fashion legacy was one of breaking rules, pushing the boundaries and finding your own signature style – even if it seems a little radical. She’s remembered as the first woman in Hollywood to wear pants…which, at the time, was about as radical as it gets.
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907, in Hartford, Connecticut. Her mother, Katharine, was known for being a very strong willed and intelligent feminist and suffragist. Her father, Thomas, was a doctor. Katharine would later credit her parents for contributing to her strong sense of independence. The traits attributed to her mother were, in fact, very much attributed to her as well.
When she was 14, Katharine found her much beloved brother Tom hanging by the neck in their aunt’s attic. They had been visiting her when the accident or suicide happened….it was never really proved whether it was, in fact, a suicide or if Tom had been pulling a stunt that went horribly wrong. Most of the family seemed to believe the latter, since he was just 16. Needless to say, his death and the fact that she discovered him, haunted her for years.
