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When she got the script for Keeper of the Flame in 1943
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Call Me Kate

When she got the script forKeeper of the Flame in 1943, it was a controversialidea for the...

When she got the script for
Keeper of the Flame in 1943, it was a controversial
idea for the time

Full Transcript

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When she got the script for Keeper of the Flame in 1943,
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it was a controversial idea for the time.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:16
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.
Not only was this script smart and incredibly dramatic, - Call Me Kate 00:09
Not only was this script smart and incredibly dramatic,
The character of Christine - Call Me Kate 00:06
The character of Christine
Fully rounded, not another girl like in so many of my other films. - Call Me Kate 00:06
Fully rounded, not another girl like in so many of my other ...
So I jumped at the chance to play a real character - Call Me Kate 00:07
So I jumped at the chance to play a real character
Keeper of the Flame was another classic Tracy, Hepburn pairing. - Call Me Kate 00:05
Keeper of the Flame was another classic Tracy, Hepburn pairi...
And I think it particularly inspired Kate, - Call Me Kate 00:10
And I think it particularly inspired Kate,
Kate wouldn't settle for this, and she rewrote the ending of the film. - Call Me Kate 00:05
Kate wouldn't settle for this, and she rewrote the endi...
But when she submitted the new ending, - Call Me Kate 00:07
But when she submitted the new ending,
Senator Kennedy has just introduced 11 bills - Call Me Kate 00:15
Senator Kennedy has just introduced 11 bills
These men have learned well - Call Me Kate 00:11
These men have learned well
Kate had been cautious to engage - Call Me Kate 00:13
Kate had been cautious to engage
This was Kate's world, and she disagreed completely. - Call Me Kate 00:05
This was Kate's world, and she disagreed completely.
I had the full support of my parents who believed - Call Me Kate 00:10
I had the full support of my parents who believed
It wasn't about politics. It was about censorship. - Call Me Kate 00:06
It wasn't about politics. It was about censorship.
Spence disapproved of actors meddling in public affairs. - Call Me Kate 00:05
Spence disapproved of actors meddling in public affairs.
And again, the press sought to drag me through the mud, - Call Me Kate 00:06
And again, the press sought to drag me through the mud,
Garson called with a new script he had written for us, Adam's Rib. - Call Me Kate 00:07
Garson called with a new script he had written for us, Adam&...
It represented everything I believed in, - Call Me Kate 00:07
It represented everything I believed in,
With Spencer on board and George directing, - Call Me Kate 00:08
With Spencer on board and George directing,
Adam's Rib is one of the movies - Call Me Kate 00:12
Adam's Rib is one of the movies