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Call Me Kate

I was finally startingto get the recognition I had craved

I was finally starting
to get the recognition I had craved

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I was finally starting to get the recognition I had craved.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:18
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.
And I was asked to go out to test for a part in a film - Call Me Kate 00:11
And I was asked to go out to test for a part in a film
I got a train with Laura - Call Me Kate 00:07
I got a train with Laura
I don't think the head of RKO, David Selznick, - Call Me Kate 00:08
I don't think the head of RKO, David Selznick,
Every actor in America had gone up for this part, - Call Me Kate 00:08
Every actor in America had gone up for this part,
So I decided to do something different, - Call Me Kate 00:06
So I decided to do something different,
I'd understudied Hope and watched her play that scene night after night, - Call Me Kate 00:08
I'd understudied Hope and watched her play that scene n...
John Barrymore came straight to see me after they watched it - Call Me Kate 00:07
John Barrymore came straight to see me after they watched it
Laura was to play the supporting role, - Call Me Kate 00:09
Laura was to play the supporting role,
Laura and I decided to move to Hollywood, - Call Me Kate 00:08
Laura and I decided to move to Hollywood,
Then shooting started on A Bill of Divorcement, - Call Me Kate 00:08
Then shooting started on A Bill of Divorcement,
In a beautiful chiffon dress, - Call Me Kate 00:09
In a beautiful chiffon dress,
In her very first film she played John Barrymore's daughter - Call Me Kate 00:09
In her very first film she played John Barrymore's daug...
She was 24 making her film debut. He was 50, a long established star. - Call Me Kate 00:08
She was 24 making her film debut. He was 50, a long establis...
He was one of the famous Hamlets of his generation. - Call Me Kate 00:05
He was one of the famous Hamlets of his generation.
He was also an infamous alcoholic, a womanizer, - Call Me Kate 00:10
He was also an infamous alcoholic, a womanizer,
I went, and there he was lying on his couch - Call Me Kate 00:09
I went, and there he was lying on his couch
"Oh, oh, I'm sorry. See you later," he said. - Call Me Kate 00:06
"Oh, oh, I'm sorry. See you later," he said.
I went, "Oh, my. How very strange." - Call Me Kate 00:08
I went, "Oh, my. How very strange."
His main object really seemed - Call Me Kate 00:08
His main object really seemed
He held my face to the camera in our many scenes together. - Call Me Kate 00:06
He held my face to the camera in our many scenes together.