Tracy And Hepburn

Author : Garson Kanin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Actors
ISBN : 0207954461

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Tracy and Hepburn by Garson Kanin Pdf

Author : James Curtis
Publisher : Arrow
Page : 1024 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
ISBN : 0099547295

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Spencer Tracy by James Curtis Pdf

During his lifetime, Spencer Tracy was known as Hollywood's 'actor's actor'. Critics wrote that what Olivier was to theatre, Tracy was to film. Over his career he was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and won two. But there has been no substantial, intimate biography of the man, until now. From his earliest days in stock theatre, Tracy was a publicist's trial, guarding his private life fiercely. Most of the people associated closely with him shunned the limelight - notably his wife, his children and the great actress Katharine Hepburn, with whom he had an affair that lasted over 26 years. Although his screen roles often depicted a happy, twinkling Irishman, Tracy struggled with alchoholism to the end, a fact which the studios managed to keep out of the papers.With the help of Tracy's daughter, Susie, and access to previously unseen papers, James Curtis has now produced the definitive biography of a tortured, complex and immensely talented man.The book contains 124 integrated photos, many published for the first time.

Author : Garson Kanin
Publisher : Plume Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
ISBN : PSU:000032468182

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Tracy and Hepburn by Garson Kanin Pdf

A look at the lives and works of one of Hollywood's most famous and popular on-screen couples.

Author : A. Scott Berg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781471130137

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Kate Remembered by A. Scott Berg Pdf

'For more than twenty years, Katharine Hepburn imparted many of the details of her life to me suggesting that I weave them into a book - one that would appear upon her death. Sad to say, the time has come to publish that book. But I find comfort in knowing she lived a very rich 96 years; and I have tried my best to honour her wish of making the book as true to her spirit as possible - as inspiring, as loving and as fun.' Scott Berg KATE REMEMBERED is a loving tribute and a tender farewell that reveals an unusual relationship in a unique life, one fully lived - and largely according to Katharine Hepburn's own rules. More importantly, it sets down many of the stories of that life as she saw them, full of sentiments she felt should not be made public until after her death. Ultimately, this book is not only a story of the poignant final twenty years in which Scott Berg knew Katharine Hepburn, but also a tale of a great theatrical personality and the better part of the century that was the stage for her distinguished life.

Author : James Parish
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1719465088

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Katharine Hepburn by James Parish Pdf

Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text to Katharine Hepburn: The Untold Story by James Robert Parish. An A-list star for over 60 years, Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) headlined over 60 films and 10 Broadway plays. She was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won a record 4! She was admired by generations of filmgoers, not just for her outstanding performances in such movie classics as Stage Door, The Philadelphia Story, The African Queen, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Lion in Winter, and On Golden Pond, but also for being an icon of feminism and New England style candor. This rigorous examination of Hepburn's enigmatic life reveals the surprising truths behind the carefully constructed image. Discussed are her complex relationship with eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, her life on/off camera with her frequent film costar Spencer Tracy, and the several women who had a strong impact on Hepburn. (These included socialite Laura Harding, film editor/assistant director Jane Loring, and international cinema star Elissa Landi.) This biography answers many of the lingering questions about Hepburn's unique life. It pays tribute to her remarkable performance in the role of Katharine Hepburn, one of the most enduring stars of the 20th century. Katharine Hepburn: The Untold Story is the engaging narrative of an amazing iconoclast who "wanted to paddle my own canoe, didn't want anyone to pay my way."

Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 198495038X

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Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn by Charles River Charles River Editors Pdf

*Includes pictures. *Includes Hepburn and Tracy's quotes about their lives and careers. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four." - Katharine Hepburn Of all the screen legends whose names remain synonymous with Hollywood, few took as long to become a star as Spencer Tracy, who is today recognized as one of the greatest actors ever but whose career did not truly take off until he was already in his mid-30s. After languishing with Fox for 5 years and over two dozen movies, one biographer had summed up his career to that point in time: "Tracy was scarcely a blip on the box office barometer in 1935, a critics' darling and little more." However, after joining MGM in 1935, Tracy catapulted to fame with one of the most impressive runs in Hollywood history, winning Oscars for Best Actor in 1938 and 1939 after already being nominated in 1937. Over the next three decades, Tracy would appear in classics like Captains Courageous and Judgment at Nuremburg, appear in 9 films with Katharine Hepburn, and receive 9 Oscar nominations over a span of 32 years, including for his final film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Several contemporaries considered Tracy the greatest actor of his era, a sentiment summed up by actor Richard Widmark, who once said, "He's the greatest movie actor there ever was...I've learned more about acting from watching Tracy than in any other way." Tracy's career earned him an unbelievable number of accolades, and a place in the American Film Institute's Top 10 actors of the 20th century, but it's also an open question how much more he could have accomplished without a litany of health problems brought on by alcohol. Even as he went years at a time without drinking, the effects gradually wore him down physically, and by his early 60's, he needed full-time care, provided mostly by his most famous co-star and lover, Katharine Hepburn. Ironically, his relationship with Hepburn has actually served to overshadow his own acting career among modern viewers, even as his acting abilities remain universally recognized. Early in her career, there was no actress more controversial than Katharine Hepburn. By the end of her career, there was no actress more beloved than Katharine Hepburn. Famously labeled "box office poison" in 1938, it is clear that Hollywood was not prepared for the young Hepburn. Yet, even after being scorned by the general public, Hepburn still retained a magnetism that would endear her to the public for decades to come, and after a tumultuous first decade as an actress, Hepburn became arguably the biggest box office sensation in the industry. Moreover, in an era when most actresses were unable to secure starring roles after reaching middle age, Hepburn remained a leading lady even after turning 60. Hepburn acted in some capacity from the start of the 1930s through the early-1990s, and it is important to view how the nature of Hepburn's roles changed from her youth to old age. Aside from being one of the most recognized and acclaimed actresses in history, Hepburn's career is also of great importance because she forced Americans to reevaluate their expectations for female behavior, both in films themselves and off the movie set as well. As society began to pay greater attention to the importance of strong roles for women, Hepburn's career gained an even greater importance, and at a time in which women were expected to be passive, she was a fiercely individual figure who offered a daring alternative to the conventions of femininity that had long existed in American culture. This biography profiles the lives and careers of two of Hollywood's biggest icons. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Tracy and Hepburn like you never have before.

Author : William J. Mann
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429921978

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Kate by William J. Mann Pdf

The first major Katharine Hepburn biography independent of her control reveals the smart, complicated, and sophisticated woman behind the image Onscreen she played society girls, Spencer Tracy's sidekick, lionesses in winter. But the best character Katharine Hepburn ever created was Katharine Hepburn: a Connecticut Yankee, outspoken and elegant, she wore pants whatever the occasion and bristled at Hollywood glitter. So captivating was her image that she never seemed less than authentic. But how well did we know her, really? Was there a woman behind the image who was more human, more driven, and ultimately more triumphant because of her vulnerability? William J. Mann—a cultural historian and journalist, a sympathetic admirer but no mere fan—has fashioned an intimate, often revisionist, and truly unique close-up that challenges much of what we think we know about the Great Kate. Previous biographies—mostly products of friends and fans—have recycled the stories she hid behind, taking Hollywood myths at face value. Mann goes deeper, delivering new details from friends and family who have not been previously interviewed and drawing on materials only available since Hepburn's death. With affection, intelligence, and a voluminous knowledge of Hollywood history, Mann shows us how a woman originally considered too special and controversial for fame learned the fine arts of movie stardom and transformed herself into an icon as durable and all-American as the Statue of Liberty.

Author : Joan Kramer,David Heeley,Richard Dreyfuss
Publisher : Beaufort Books
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780825306723

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In the Company of Legends by Joan Kramer,David Heeley,Richard Dreyfuss Pdf

Starting with their award winning profiles of Fred Astaire in 1980, Joan Kramer and David Heeley documented the lives and careers of many Hollywood legends, establishing a reputation for finding the un-findable, persuading the reluctant, and maintaining unique relationships long after the end credits rolled. These were recognized as high-quality, definitive film portraits, which revitalized the genre and made it a mainstay of television programming. This is their insiders’ view of the famous and the powerful: Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, Lew Wasserman, Ronald Reagan, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Jane Fonda, Richard Dreyfuss, Audrey Hepburn, and Bette Davis, among others. Kramer and Heeley’s behind the scenes stories of the productions and the personalities involved are amusing, sometimes moving, often revealing, and have never been told before.

Author : Barbara Leaming
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Actors
ISBN : 185799440X

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Katharine Hepburn by Barbara Leaming Pdf

Based on letters by Hepburn, her friends and family, as well as on interviews with Katharine Hepburn herself, this biography is a compelling saga, a love story, and a family story that brings alive three generations of fearless women.

Author : Scotty Bowers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
ISBN : 0802120075

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Full Service by Scotty Bowers Pdf

A World War II veteran and Hollywood gas station attendant describes how his good looks and open bisexuality culminated in liaisons with numerous celebrities, providing a chronicle of Hollywood's sexual underground in the 1940s and 1950s.

Author : Susan E. Moon,Susie Tracy
Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Cats
ISBN : 0399506705

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Pritt, the True Story of a Deaf Cat and Her Family by Susan E. Moon,Susie Tracy Pdf

Author : Tracy Tynan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501123689

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Wear and Tear by Tracy Tynan Pdf

"The memoirs of a celebrity costume designer describe her upbringing in the fashionable celebrity circles of her literary parents, her family's artistic but traumatizing approaches to shopping and how the fashion-savvy perspectives of her early years shaped her relationships and career, "--NoveList.

Author : Karen Karbo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781596919808

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How to Hepburn by Karen Karbo Pdf

How to Hepburn, Karen Karbo's sleek, contemporary reassessment of one of America's greatest icons, takes us on a spin through the great Kate's long, eventful life, with an aim toward seeing what we can glean from the First Lady of Cinema. One part How Proust Can Change Your Life and one part Why Sinatra Matters, How to Hepburn teases some unexpected lessons from the life of a woman whose freewheeling, pants-wearing determination redefined the image of the independent woman while eventually endearing her to the world. This witty, provocative gem is full of no-nonsense Hepburn-style commentary on subjects such as: making denial work for you; the importance of being brash, facing fear, and always having an aviator in your life; learning why and how to lie; the benefits of discretion; making the most of a dysfunctional relationship; and the power of forgiving your parents. Thrilling fans of the notoriously independent actress, award-winner Karen Karbo presents a gusty guidebook to harnessing your inner Hepburn, and living life on your own terms.

Author : Christopher P. Andersen
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UVA:X004104566

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An Affair to Remember by Christopher P. Andersen Pdf

The remarkable love story of Katharine Hepburn amd Spencer Tracy.

Author : Charlotte Chandler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439153222

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I Know Where I'm Going by Charlotte Chandler Pdf

• The private Hepburn in her own words: Katharine Hepburn draws on a series of interviews Chandler conducted with the actress during the 1970s and 1980s. Chandler also interviewed director George Cukor; Hepburn co-stars Cary Grant and James Stewart; and Laurence Olivier, Ginger Rogers, and other screen luminaries. . • A Hollywood icon unveiled: Notoriously guarded, Katharine Hepburn talks candidly with Chandler about her marriage, her long affair with Spencer Tracy, co-stars and movies, and the seminal event in her life—the suicide of her brother, whom she adored, when they were both in their teens. With her unprecedented access to Hepburn, Chandler has written a biography completely different from all others, including Hepburn’s own guarded book about herself. .