If Garbo was the first actress to give the cinema its true and subtle sexuality, then Katharine Hepburn was the first to give it spirit and verbal intelligence. It was with Hepburn that women in the cinema came of age: "She didn't grow up in Hollywood," said George Cukor; "Hollywood grew up to her." In this biography, Sheridan Morley provides a fitting tribute to Katharine Hepburn. Her style and wit, her sense of grandeur, are abundantly apparent in these pages. her career is a testament to survival in an evanescent profession. She did once reveal that when she died she expected people to miss her "just like they'd miss a very old monument", and indeed from A Bill of Divorcement to On Golden Pond, Hepburn's films form a foundation in the twentieth century history of film.
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Not what I was looking for.,
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This review is from: Katharine Hepburn: A Celebration (Applause Legends) (Paperback)
I bought this book based on the description "lavish pictorial biography". It has only 15 pictures in it. I'm returning it and shopping for a different book with more pictures.
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I think this chap has a problem...,
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...with the great female stars, he has written many biographies of Hollywood, Broadway and West End stars and yet there is a marked difference. His books on male stars are well researched, celebratory and complimentary. In contrast his books on female stars are either scant, slight or plain nasty.
Depending on the sex of your star of choice I would give him a wide birth, even if the star is male I would consider his credibilty; which is not great in my opinion. This book is scant, silly and a real missed opportunity. It does not do the great lady any justice whatsoever!
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