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Dad thought if they kept her busy, it would help
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Call Me Kate

Dad thought if they kepther busy, it would help

Dad thought if they kept
her busy, it would help

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Dad thought if they kept her busy, it would help.
Duration
5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:12:59
Uploaded
Apr 21, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Salon Pictures

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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.
They eventually became so worried, they made her go back to school. - Call Me Kate 00:05
They eventually became so worried, they made her go back to ...
I wasn't used to the discipline, - Call Me Kate 00:06
I wasn't used to the discipline,
I started getting into trouble for smoking and breaking into houses. - Call Me Kate 00:06
I started getting into trouble for smoking and breaking into...
Anyway, after about two years, they called in my parents - Call Me Kate 00:08
Anyway, after about two years, they called in my parents
One night soon after, I decided that's it. - Call Me Kate 00:06
One night soon after, I decided that's it.
I'd pull myself together, get on with life, - Call Me Kate 00:08
I'd pull myself together, get on with life,
In my junior year, I won a role in the school play. - Call Me Kate 00:06
In my junior year, I won a role in the school play.
Nerves, fear, applause. - Call Me Kate 00:05
Nerves, fear, applause.
It was right there and then I decided to be an actress. - Call Me Kate 00:06
It was right there and then I decided to be an actress.
Dad always felt that if a girl went into theater, - Call Me Kate 00:19
Dad always felt that if a girl went into theater,
When I told my parents - Call Me Kate 00:07
When I told my parents
But mom was just glad to see me do something - Call Me Kate 00:06
But mom was just glad to see me do something
She was a true feminist, and just told me to do what I wanted. - Call Me Kate 00:06
She was a true feminist, and just told me to do what I wante...
And I had started out as an understudy, - Call Me Kate 00:08
And I had started out as an understudy,
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,