A Bill of Divorcement
After spending 15 years in a mental institution, Hilary Fairfield (John Barrymore) suddenly appears, unannounced, at the home of his wife (Billie Burke) and daughter (Katharine Hepburn). Hepburn’s film debut…
Love Among the Ruins
In 1911, successful London barrister Sir Arthur Grenville-Jones (Laurence Olivier) takes on a case that will have him representing an actress (Katharine Hepburn) he once courted… but he’s still hopelessly…
Stage Door
Director Gregory La Cava followed up his great success My Man Godfrey (1936) with another comedy about people fighting hard in sophisticated but tough environs to make ends meet. This…
Lion in Winter: A Plantagenet Power Struggle
Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole. Photo: Embassy Pictures You may barely remember Henry II from history class, but in the 1960s the Medieval king was hot stuff. Peter O’Toole played…
Bringing Up Baby: David, Susan and the Big Cat
Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Photo: RKO There are some people who love making the argument that sometimes critics are ”wrong” whenever a panned movie becomes a box-office hit. As…