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Call Me Kate

Kate waslanding understudy roles in some great plays, butshe kept getting fired

Kate was
landing understudy roles in some great plays, but
she kept getting fired

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Kate was landing understudy roles
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in some great plays, but she kept getting fired.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:52
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.
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
Her masculine dress sense in what Kate would call - Call Me Kate 00:07
Her masculine dress sense in what Kate would call
Like a chameleon, Kate adopted some of these mannerisms. - Call Me Kate 00:05
Like a chameleon, Kate adopted some of these mannerisms.
So when Hope abandons The Warrior's Husband production, - Call Me Kate 00:10
So when Hope abandons The Warrior's Husband production,
The play was a huge success and catapulted her into the public's eye. - Call Me Kate 00:06
The play was a huge success and catapulted her into the publ...
I was finally starting to get the recognition I had craved. - Call Me Kate 00:06
I was finally starting to get the recognition I had craved.
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,