The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on November 19, 2012

Great Adaptations Tonight on TCM Turner Classic Movies has planned out an amazing schedule for this Thanksgiving week. The week kicks off with a continuation of TCM’s month of “GreatAdaptations: Novel to Film.” Monday primetime and Tuesday morning will feature films based on R   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on November 17, 2012

I've Been Liebstered! Aurora over at Once Upon A Screen has honoured me with another Liebster Award. The award is given to up-and-coming blogs with fewer than 200 followers, so I definitely qualify. I must share eleven things about myself, answer the questions posed by Aurora, then do the same   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on November 17, 2012

I've Been Liebstered! Labels: Liebster Award Aurora over at Once Upon A Screen has honoured me with another Liebster Award. The award is given to up-and-coming blogs with fewer than 200 followers, so I definitely qualify. I must share eleven things about myself, answer the questions   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on November 12, 2012

Poll: Great Adaptations of LITTLE WOMEN Labels: Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Taylor, George Cukor, Joan Bennett, June Allyson, Little Women (1934), Louisa May Alcott, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Mary Wickes, Mervyn LeRoy, Peter Lawford, polls, Rossano Brazzi A previous post on th   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on November 12, 2012

Poll: Great Adaptations of LITTLE WOMEN A previous post on this blog mentions the various "Great Adaptations" of films based on novels Turner Classic Movies will be featuring this month. Possibly the most quintessential American novel, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, has also been made into   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on November 10, 2012

Upcoming Events and Blogathons Labels: blogathon The month of November promises to be a good one for the classic film blogging community. As usual, The Great Katharine Hepburn will be right in the thick of it. Here are some things to look forward to this month and next. Katharine H   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on November 10, 2012

Upcoming Events and Blogathons The month of November promises to be a good one for the classic film blogging community. As usual, The Great Katharine Hepburn will be right in the thick of it. Here are some things to look forward to this month and next. Katharine Hepburn movies this...   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 31, 2012

The Man of a Thousand Faces: "Don't step on it, it might be Lon Chaney!" "I wanted to remind people that the lowest types of humanity have within them the capacity for extreme self-sacrifice. The dwarfed, misshapen beggar of the streets may have the noblest ideals." (Lon Chaney) “He som   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 31, 2012

The Man of a Thousand Faces: "Don't step on it, it might be Lon Chaney!" Labels: Lon Chaney, London After Midnight (1927), silent films, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), The Phantom of the Opera (1925) "I wanted to remind people that the lowest types of humanity have within them   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 28, 2012

GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? (1967): Love, Controversy, and Progress Turner Classic Movies will conclude their month of Spencer Tracy today, 29 October, with an evening of the four films he made with director Stanley Kramer. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967) was Spencer Tracy's final film an   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 28, 2012

GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? (1967): Love, Controversy, and Progress Labels: 1960s, Beah Richards, Civil Rights, Isabel Sanford, Kathy Houghton, Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, Stanley Kramer, TCM Turner Classic Movies will conclude their month of Spencer Tracy today, 29 October, wit   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 21, 2012

Hepburn and Tracy Get Steamy on TCM Monday, October 22 Turner Classic Movies will be airing six of the nine films Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn made together. WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942) - 8:00 pm Directed by: George Stevens Written by: Ring Lardner, Jr. and Michael Kanin Genre: comedy,...   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 21, 2012

Hepburn and Tracy Get Steamy on TCM Labels: Adam's Rib (1949), Elia Kazan, George Cukor, Keeper of the Flame (1942), Pat and Mike (1952), Spencer Tracy, TCM, The Sea of Grass (1947), Without Love (1945), Woman of the Year (1942) Monday, October 22 Turner Classic Movies will be a   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 20, 2012

Dear Katharine Hepburn... This post is written in conjunction with the Letter to the Stars Blogathon hosted by Marcela (another Hepburn fan!) at Best of the Past. "Write a letter to your favorite dead star. What did you always want to tell them? How did they change your life? What's...   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 20, 2012

Dear Katharine Hepburn... Labels: Adam's Rib (1949), blogathon, Bringing Up Baby (1938), Desk Set (1957), Dick Cavett, Letter to the Stars Blogathon, Little Women (1934), On Golden Pond (1981), The Philadelphia Story (1940) This post is written in conjunction with the Lette   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 15, 2012

"And The Award Goes To... Spencer Tracy!" Labels: Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Boys Town (1938), Captains Courageous (1937), Father of the Bride (1950), Spencer Tracy, The Old Man and the Sea (1958) Turner Classic Movies continues their celebration of Spencer Tracy this month with   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 15, 2012

"And The Award Goes To... Spencer Tracy!" Turner Classic Movies continues their celebration of Spencer Tracy this month with an evening of five of his Academy-nominated performances, today, October 15. Tracy was nominated for a total of nine Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role, two   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 13, 2012

Thank Heaven For GIGI (1958) "GIGI" is the shortest title of any movie to have won the Academy Award for best picture. The day after the film won nine Oscars at the 1959 Academy Awards, telephone operators at the studio answered the phones with a cheery "M-Gigi-M!" The original story...   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 13, 2012

Thank Heaven For GIGI (1958) Labels: Alan Jay Lerner, Andre Previn, Anita Loos, Cecil Beaton, Colette, Frederick Loewe, Gigi (1958), Hermione Gingold, Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier, MGM, My Fair Lady (1964), Vincente Minnelli "GIGI" is the shortest title of any m   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on October 10, 2012

Spencer Tracy: TCM's October Star of the Month Although Spencer Tracy was Katharine Hepburn's lover for about 25 years, I am ashamed to say that I know very little about the man, except of course what I have read in Hepburn biographies. I know he was of Irish descent, and...   read more