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Call Me Kate

Sam Spiegel sent meC.S. Forester's The African Queen," to see if I would considerplaying...

Sam Spiegel sent me
C.S. Forester's The African Queen," to see if I would consider
playing Rose in the adaptation

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Sam Spiegel sent me C.S. Forester's The African Queen,"
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to see if I would consider playing Rose in the adaptation.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:28
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.
It was excellent, and I met right away with John Huston and Sam. - Call Me Kate 00:06
It was excellent, and I met right away with John Huston and ...
At that point, they weren't sure who was going to play the man, - Call Me Kate 00:07
At that point, they weren't sure who was going to play ...
But once they thought of Bogie, there was no one that could compete - Call Me Kate 00:10
But once they thought of Bogie, there was no one that could ...
I still hadn't seen a completed script, - Call Me Kate 00:15
I still hadn't seen a completed script,
It was in those days called continuity. - Call Me Kate 00:06
It was in those days called continuity.
That's me, Katie Hepburn, - Call Me Kate 00:11
That's me, Katie Hepburn,
We were all bitten, as I used to say, - Call Me Kate 00:09
We were all bitten, as I used to say,
Well, I was young, so it was all a new experience. - Call Me Kate 00:06
Well, I was young, so it was all a new experience.
I mean, the camp was literally hacked out of the jungle. - Call Me Kate 00:07
I mean, the camp was literally hacked out of the jungle.
The boys would play cards or what. There was nowhere else to go. - Call Me Kate 00:06
The boys would play cards or what. There was nowhere else to...
But Katie, she kept to herself and read and learnt her lines - Call Me Kate 00:09
But Katie, she kept to herself and read and learnt her lines
I mean, John, I suppose you could say he certainly - Call Me Kate 00:08
I mean, John, I suppose you could say he certainly
One day we had the famous morning. We'd traveled up the river and everything. - Call Me Kate 00:06
One day we had the famous morning. We'd traveled up the...
We're doing this scene and he said, "Print it." - Call Me Kate 00:19
We're doing this scene and he said, "Print it.&quo...
We managed to decapitate the boiler and everything else - Call Me Kate 00:08
We managed to decapitate the boiler and everything else
So that took about four or five hours to put the boat back together again - Call Me Kate 00:08
So that took about four or five hours to put the boat back t...
We used the original, actually, in the film. She never knew. - Call Me Kate 00:06
We used the original, actually, in the film. She never knew.
Kate's mother was very bright, very capable, - Call Me Kate 00:13
Kate's mother was very bright, very capable,
And she had a brain hemorrhage and abruptly died - Call Me Kate 00:08
And she had a brain hemorrhage and abruptly died
Later when her father died, - Call Me Kate 00:09
Later when her father died,