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

emmba asked: Hi there! :D So, at the risk of making a fool of myself, could you kindly explain to me what "zulacs" is/means/has to do with Kate? I'd never heard it before you changed your URL, and I didn't know what it meant. This blog makes me so incredibly...   read more

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

Anonymous asked: HI :) there was a candid GIF with Katharine Hepburn diving into some water, it had like 40,000 notes last time i saw it. I can't find it anywhere now :( Do you have any idea where it is? If you could post a link or something that...   read more

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

noyoudontoprah-deactivated20130 asked: The only thing I ship more than T&H is this blog and my eyes.SAMESIES. I wish I could throw your eyes and my page into a blender and then inject the soupy concoction into my bloodstream, so’s it could be a part of me.  But that would be...   read more

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

After Morely’s screen death Hepburn had to cry over her brother. Hepburn turned on her emotions, weeping, grunting, groaning… waiting for John to yell, “Cut!” But John didn’t, leaving her to emote for what seemed a cruel and endless time. &#   read more

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

The origin of this Kate-word — and temporary url address of this here blog — was asked by the lovely Emmba, some time back. Here’s the story, and sorry for the delay! In Kate’s piece about Lauren Bacall in Roddy McDowall’s book, Double Exposure, I find the following sentence: “No...   read more

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

fyeahkatehepburn: “Katharine Hepburn’s sets may be barred to most visitors—but not to Ginger Rogers [So’s she can dump a bucket of water on her?], Jane Loring (center) and little Juanita Quigley, who is gazing with open admiration at the dynamic Kate.” &#821   read more

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

Thursday, October 18, 2012, 6 p.m. We continue our series, LIFE UPON THE WICKED STAGE: NEW BOOKS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS with a panel discussion of Katharine Hepburn. The book’s contributers, Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Nancy McDonnell, Judy Samelson, and Kohle Yohannan will discuss her   read more

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

Anonymous asked: How many sex partners did this she have? It's too bad she is no longer with us. I would climb her like a tree.Oh. T-that’s… great? Up yours, David Selznick? I know the classic film community is a pile of ROFLMAOWTFBBQ, and a vast majority of its “insi   read more

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

Anonymous asked: Once you have read Jim Curtis' new biography of Spencer Tracy you will definitely want to remove any of the writings of Bill Davidson from your Tumblr. …………………..Jim? Are you frat brothers? Further, I know Bill Davidson is a sel   read more

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

Anonymous asked: Speaking of making "'yer hair curl," what is with the curly ringlets/fly-aways in her films from the 50s and onward? The towels between takes hardly seemed to do their job in the 50s/60s - her hair is a perpetual frizzmess. And frizzmess is fine for gardening   read more

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

So, naturally, here’s one solely devoted to the likes of Sir Robert Helpmann. Supply and demand, Katholics! You lays down the questions, and I’z answer ‘um — eventually. Within the election year, at least. *Don’t forget to vote! This blog endorses the StickyBud   read more

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

somebodywantedbutso asked: You had me laughing until 3 am last night with your comments and tags. Thanks for maintaining such an informative, entertaining blog!Aw, thanks, boo!! I should say here that this place won’t be much of anything for the following few months, as class has star   read more

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

filmefatale replied to your post: i love your tags most of all, scarecrow. Why are you the way you are, Tumblr. Why. SO, LIKE, TAGS DON’T WORK ON ASKS ANYMORE? OR IS THIS JUST MY WHACK-ASS LAYOUT? FUUUU, I LIKED THIS LAYOUT! IT WAS ALL RED AND WHITE AND SIMPLE...   read more

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

If there’s anything that gets us as excited about modern air travel, it’s retro air travel. You know we’re nerds for airplanes of any era really, so when we run across vintage in-flight magazines, as we did recently with United’s Mainliner, we just have to share. It   read more

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

corleone-family: Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Keeper of the Flame (1942) Hahaha, he had to be dragged — literally, Kate fucking dragged him — kicking and screaming to this photo shoot. He looks so disgruntled in all of these portraits, it’s   read more

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

Anonymous asked: Hello Amber, I've been browsing through your tumblr and I love you for posting all those pictures / info about Kate that I hadn't seen / heard before! Could you tell me from what book you got the pictures that you posted on 20 November last year? Thank...   read more

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

katharinespants asked: Kate had freakishly big hands! My sister noticed it on The Spencer Tracy Legacy and then I started paying attention - they're huge!She was a mutant, basically. A pet name (one of many) for her in my ~*clique~* is “Salad Fingers,” after this Youtube se   read more

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

Anonymous asked: Was Kate a screamer?Nope.   read more

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

A 1922 photo of Kate, age 14, published in The Hartford Daily Times on August 18th, 1923, upon her taking first place in a golf tournament at Fenwick.   read more

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

stellagibsons asked: Thank you. I literally almost spit soup all over my computer while reading your captions and tags and other nonsense. (I mean that in the best possible sense it can be taken) THIS BLOG IS GOLD. YOU ARE MOST WELCOME.   read more