Katharine Hepburn and Professor Richard Brown discuss some of the highlights from her lengthy career on the silver screen. I've removed all of the film clips that were a part of this episode so as to avoid any copyright violations.
People need to remember, it's a bad idea to judge people of the past using today's standards. We have no idea what went on in peoples private lives. Her work speaks well of her.
I’m in my late-60s, but Hepburn’s heyday was way before my time. But she was an original, absolutely unique. So many stars of that era are now forgotten, but the truly distinctive, even eccentric, stars will be remembered. Hepburn, of course, Bette Davis, Brando, Streisand, et al. You may not be a fan of theirs, but they’re in a class by themselves.
You're welcome. It's a good interview with her. Sorry for having to remove the film clips but I didn't want to violate anyone's copyright or have the video blocked.
Great to see this later interview w Miss Hepburn, though I don’t sense she ever got completely comfortable w the rather awkward nature of the interviewer who should have listened more than he spoke himself.
The noise bothered me too. Enough so that I purchased some software in an attempt to improve the sound quality. Try this version - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FnG167khF44.htmlsi=5-QGEztEfuJMiQB5
Yes, I agree and I have since uploaded another version with what I hope is improved audio quality and the film clips reinserted. It's still not pristine but it's better, IMO. Here'a a link - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FnG167khF44.htmlsi=8JwKX3k6ctuASmE8
@@haveyouseenthis516 Thanks - it still has the buzz - it is in the recorded feed, so I don't think there is any way to get rid of it. Thank you, though.
Saw her live doing the play `Coco`. She was a bit of a bore. I remember after the curtain calls she came out on stage and reprimanded those who were taking photos. She seemed to me to be such a bully!
I saw Kate in "West Side Waltz" and she stopped the show because the audience was making noise. I didn't have a problem with it. This was decades before Patti LuPone was doing the same thing and more to audience members. I didn't see Kate in "Coco" and it always seemed like a miscast to me.
@@haveyouseenthis516 But seeing her live was magnificent. I also have an autograph letter from her. She did not usually give them so I am flattered. It was a bit annoying, that nanny attitude, but supportable because it was KATE. With LUPONE I would begin shouting back abuse. I think Lupone gives tarty performances. I would never pay to see her and probably would not even take a freebee. Thank you.
Patti's reaction to the disrespect of the audience was a bit over the top but with the price of tickets for a Broadway show being as high as they were/are, I don't understand anyone not giving the performances their full attention. Put the phone done for 2 hours.
@@haveyouseenthis516 This is life. But then I am a shusher. Not so much phone, but chat between people; crisp packets; etc. I remember sitting next to Harold Pinter at the opening night of one of his plays at the Almeida in London. I accidentally dropped my programme and boy did it ignite the HATE in him. This is wrong. Scolding an auidnece is wrong. But so too are bad theatre manners.
How can people not hear what a terribel voice she had. Like a knife on a plate. The media neede someone to laud as a great actress well it was not her!
I always just thought she was just horribly arrogant. I mean better davis was tough and so was joan crawford but somehow I found them more vulnerable and relatable than her.
@@MrJawstherevenge87 I think she was arrogant, vulnerable and very insecure. I think she just hid her insecurities a lot better than Joan and Bette. Joan and Bette did not have the financial cushion that Kate had, so she was able to let her mouth run amok, but nobody who is truly terribly arrogant would allow a Spencer Tracy to treat them the way Kate allowed herself to be treated. Berated constantly, cursed at, possibly hit, put down, humiliated in front of company, etc.
@@JloveLamar Yes, from my rather extensive study and reading abt Katharine Hepburn and her life, I would say she allowed herself to be abused by an alcoholic.
