Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

NEW YORK, March 18th, 1950. Curled up in a big chair, dressed in slacks and comfortably eating a light supper after the theater, Katharine Hepburn told me how she happened to play Rosalind in Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.”“When the Theater Guild first approached me,   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

Anonymous asked: What do you think Kate's feelings would be towards Harry Potter?She’d be obsessed. Had the HP phenomenon happened thirty years earlier, she’d have played McGonagall in the film franchise. And won an Oscar. Not to step on Dame Maggie Smith’s toes. I&#8   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

kierstenbella-deactivated201207 asked: I LOVE your blog and you have a GREAT sense of humor! I adore Katharine Hepburn and want to know everything about her, and you seem like the person to talk to. Well my question is how did Katharine Hepburn feel about Civil Rights? I know she was...   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

bonaventures asked: This is a hypothetical question: If Kate were to have had children, say one boy and one girl, what do you think she would've named them and why? <3Hi, you. You’re on a baby kick, aren’t you? ;-* IF — and that’s a BIG “IF” &#821   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

Anonymous asked: Of the little food she did eat, what do you think was her favorite?Excusez-moi? My dear girl (I’m assuming you’re female), Kate could eat both you, me, Spencer, the entire NFL and Fatty Arbuckle under the table. I don’t care if that’s a twist on anot   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

Katharine Houghton Hepburn = HEIGH-HO! UPTANK ON HEARTBURN. Spencer Bonaventure Tracy = VERY NASCENT PROTUBERANCE. I… the jokes write themselves.(Source: marzipants, via asdasmnbiwe)   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

Anonymous asked: WHY - WHY ON EARTH - is kate hiding her neck in all her movies that she made after the 40's?!Because… she… didn’t like her neck? Jeanette MacDonald hated her wittle, itty-bitty size 3 1/2 feet. Claudette Colbert hated the right side of her face. We all have our...   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

artieshaw asked: I don't know what country you live in, but in the US, video tape-to-DVD converters run as low as $20.00. I'm only saying because I would love to see the rest of that 60 Minutes interview! Haha.I live in AMURRICA, yes. $20 is a bit steep for me,...   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

Anonymous asked: Hello, I know this page has not been updated in some time (I miss it, btw!), but I suddenly remembered your post (9981836498) about the Grant / Hepburn article and wanted to re-read it. But it looks like the images are gone! Any chance you might be able...   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

underablackenedskye asked: You should definitely take maternal pride in that caption. I kinda model my Katty Slacks captions after you. Unfortunately it never works for anyone but you...Hiya, kid! Nonsense. If you like the broad enough to rib her a little, then you’re in the Club. T   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

Anonymous asked: Re: Kate's "live suddenly" quote. She said it to Garson Kanin soon after Spencer died. I've always assumed she was talking about the impact of his sudden death on her; the transcendence of such an event and her being there to witness it.Mmhm. I can c   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

greenkneehighs asked: Wait, what was wrong with Kate's skin in that pic? Was Spence rubbing sandpaper on her cheeks as she licked his forehead?Kate’s IN it, that’s what’s wrong with it. (In case you missed it.)   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

noyoudontoprah-deactivated20130 asked: There's a gourmet chocolate shop here in LA that sells "Katherine Hepburn brownies." I'm assuming they're the same ones? So they're big enough fans to use the family recipe... just not enough to spell her name right. (This   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

“Her work is all-important to her. To it she gives the best of herself.Someday—and it won’t be so distant, I believe—Katharine Hepburn will be our greatest actress—-perhaps as great as Duse. And I have never said that about any actress befo   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

Ideas shoot from Katharine Hepburn like sparks flying from a grinding wheel. So when she is talking it’s best merely to sit back and listen.That Hepburn wanted to talk was not unusual. That she would talk for publication was extraordinary, since she has been elusive to reporters in r   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

vistavision: Laughing forever at how George was Kate’s sassy gay friend. I can actually hear him saying… Except George would wear like, 18 different colored sparkly scarves… at the same time.(Source: bonaventures, via coldasaslab)   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

sam-wolendowski asked: If Katharine was born, say in the year 1988, came from the same family, same household morals she was brought up with, the whole thing, but if she was born sooner, what do you think she would be interested in from this generation? Movies? Music? Idols? My grandma...   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

Anonymous asked: Awesome awesome blog, seriously. I enjoy the articles you post about Hepburn very much, they're always a good read. Anyway, I was hoping if you knew what song is played by Hepburn on the piano in Long day's journey into night? Just watched it last week (loved it,   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

HD click this mutha. SUMMERTIME press photo. ‘55.   read more

Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on November 30, -0001

thebeautyofkatharinehepburn asked: Hey there! I was wondering if Kate had any bloopers? I've been looking for them everywhere, and haven't found any... haha she probably had them all burned. Thank you!Hey, here! There are no bloopers of Katharine Hepburn because Katharine Hepburn   read more