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And I had started out as an understudy
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Call Me Kate

And I had startedout as an understudy, and I was always apretty good flash actor

And I had started
out as an understudy, and I was always a
pretty good flash actor

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And I had started out as an understudy,
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and I was always a pretty good flash actor.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:27
Uploaded
Apr 21, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Salon Pictures

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Movie Summary

A feature documentary which captures Katharine Hepburn's spirit and determination, exploring her story using her own words, through a combination of hours of previously hidden and intimate audio tapes, video and photographic archive.
I could read a part without knowing what I was doing, - Call Me Kate 00:07
I could read a part without knowing what I was doing,
Never could keep it, 'cause I would get so excited - Call Me Kate 00:12
Never could keep it, 'cause I would get so excited
So I wrote Dad and said, "Would you back me with lessons?" - Call Me Kate 00:13
So I wrote Dad and said, "Would you back me with lesson...
She was part of New York's High Society - Call Me Kate 00:07
She was part of New York's High Society
She knew all the highbrow customs of the time - Call Me Kate 00:08
She knew all the highbrow customs of the time
Then Luddy, my old friend from back home, - Call Me Kate 00:09
Then Luddy, my old friend from back home,
He was my beau, too, from then on, - Call Me Kate 00:07
He was my beau, too, from then on,
He made it his mission to do everything he could - Call Me Kate 00:06
He made it his mission to do everything he could
He paid for lessons, drove me to rehearsals, - Call Me Kate 00:07
He paid for lessons, drove me to rehearsals,
Kate was landing understudy roles - Call Me Kate 00:07
Kate was landing understudy roles
She finally had the chance to step into the leading role, - Call Me Kate 00:11
She finally had the chance to step into the leading role,
Her voice rose to a high pitch and she spoke so quickly - Call Me Kate 00:09
Her voice rose to a high pitch and she spoke so quickly
After about a year of knock backs, - Call Me Kate 00:10
After about a year of knock backs,
Sensing my sinking mood, Luddy proposed to me, - Call Me Kate 00:09
Sensing my sinking mood, Luddy proposed to me,
We had a simple wedding, and I even convinced him - Call Me Kate 00:08
We had a simple wedding, and I even convinced him
Kate wanted to do all the normal things - Call Me Kate 00:09
Kate wanted to do all the normal things
But when she really tried to do that with Luddy, - Call Me Kate 00:15
But when she really tried to do that with Luddy,
And within two weeks, she needed to move back to New York - Call Me Kate 00:08
And within two weeks, she needed to move back to New York
And he, for his part, understood that he had married a mad woman - Call Me Kate 00:18
And he, for his part, understood that he had married a mad w...
Kate had understudied for Hope Williams - Call Me Kate 00:10
Kate had understudied for Hope Williams