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Call Me Kate

Laura was to playthe supporting role, and I was given the leadingpart in my first ever...

Laura was to play
the supporting role, and I was given the leading
part in my first ever picture

Full Transcript

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Laura was to play the supporting role,
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and I was given the leading part in my first ever picture.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:24
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.
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.
After working on A Bill of Divorcement, - Call Me Kate 00:11
After working on A Bill of Divorcement,
Kate said that George would always sit her next to people - Call Me Kate 00:09
Kate said that George would always sit her next to people
She was courting several big players in the industry, - Call Me Kate 00:09
She was courting several big players in the industry,
She was anything but a big star, - Call Me Kate 00:09
She was anything but a big star,
She wouldn't sign a term contract, - Call Me Kate 00:07
She wouldn't sign a term contract,
So she signed a contract - Call Me Kate 00:07
So she signed a contract
One day, I was hanging out between meetings - Call Me Kate 00:09
One day, I was hanging out between meetings
I started to flick through it. It was incredible. - Call Me Kate 00:05
I started to flick through it. It was incredible.