
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. A recipient of a record four Academy Awards and an Emmy Award, she was ranked as the greatest female star in the history of American cinema by the American Film Institute. She was best known for her sophisticated, headstrong and outspoken screen persona that she cultivated through roles in a variety of film genres — from screwball comedies to literary dramas. Apart from her acclaimed acting and distinctive voice, her impact extended to fashion as well as she helped make wearing pants more socially acceptable for women.
Throughout her six-decade career, Hepburn's work in stage, film, and television brought her much acclaim — including twelve Academy Award nominations, six Emmy Award nominations, eight Golden Globe Award nominations, and two Tony Award nominations. She co-starred with screen legends like Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Laurence Olivier and Henry Fonda and performed in plays written and directed by notable playwrights and directors. Her most successful film pairing was with Spencer Tracy, with whom she made multiple hit pictures. The last of their 9 films together was Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), which was completed shortly before Tracy's death. Her many performances on the stage included plays by Shakespeare and Shaw, and a Broadway musical. She passed away from cardiac arrest on 29 June 2003 at her family home in Connecticut and since then, has been honored with several memorials.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 9.821 |
Birthday | 1907-05-12 |
Place of Birth | Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
Also Known As | Katherine Hepburn, Kate Hepburn, Katie Hepburn, Кетрін Хепберн, |

1938

Bringing Up Baby
7.5/989
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo...
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Bringing Up Baby

1940

The Philadelphia Story
7.6/875
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
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The Philadelphia Story

1952

The African Queen
7.4/965
At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to g...
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The African Queen

1967

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
7.555/853
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1942

Woman of the Year
6.9/147
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hecti...
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Woman of the Year

1957

Desk Set
7/116
A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.
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Desk Set

1981

On Golden Pond
7.2/471
For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is for...
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On Golden Pond

2017

In Search of Tracy Lord
0/0
Playwright Philip Barry and actor Katharine Hepburn, both experiencing career downturns in the late 1930s, worked closely together to create the iconi...
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1935

Sylvia Scarlett
6.3/88
When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with th...
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Sylvia Scarlett

2004

Broadway's Lost Treasures II
8/3
The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on ope...
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Broadway's Lost Treasures II

1945

Without Love
6.8/25
In World War II Washington DC, scientist Pat Jamieson's assistant, Jamie Rowan, enters a loveless marriage with him. Struggles bring them closer toget...
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1933

Morning Glory
6.1/50
Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a p...
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Morning Glory

1949

Adam's Rib
7.1/310
A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who...
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Adam's Rib

1943

Keeper of the Flame
6.6/40
Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
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1952

Pat and Mike
6.288/66
Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets fluste...
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Pat and Mike

1948

State of the Union
6.7/66
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
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State of the Union

2014

Early Directors on Directing
0/0
There were more women directors before 1920 than at any other time in history. The first director to put a narrative story on celluloid was, Alice Guy...
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1956

The Iron Petticoat
5.8/20
Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Ch...
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1959

Suddenly, Last Summer
7.3/285
The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane;...
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Suddenly, Last Summer

1962

Long Day's Journey Into Night
7/68
Over the course of one foggy day in August 1912, a retired Irish theater actor grapples with the morphine addiction of his unbalanced wife, debauchery...
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Long Day's Journey Into Night

1956

The Rainmaker
6.7/45
Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's...
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The Rainmaker

1937

Stage Door
6.978/116
The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a the...
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Stage Door

1933

Christopher Strong
5.9/31
A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous young aviatrix.
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Christopher Strong

1936

Mary of Scotland
6.3/36
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
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Mary of Scotland

1934

The Little Minister
5.9/14
The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Thrums, finds himself unexpectedly falling for one o...
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The Little Minister

1935

Alice Adams
6.7/53
In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climb...
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Alice Adams

2017

Becoming Cary Grant
6.6/40
For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a childhood of poverty to global fame, Cary Grant, th...
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Becoming Cary Grant

1994

Love Affair
5.4/59
Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship...
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Love Affair

1946

Undercurrent
5.8/49
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant...
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Undercurrent

1938

Holiday
7.3/256
Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionair...
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Holiday

1943

Stage Door Canteen
6.1/14
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreati...
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Stage Door Canteen

1973

A Delicate Balance
6.1/10
In their finely appointed Connecticut home, Agnes and Tobias have grown used to the imperfection and fragility of their marriage. Quietly nursing thei...
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A Delicate Balance

1934

Spitfire
5.4/13
Dirt-poor mountain girl Trigger Hicks is a loner. Her faith-healing is mistaken for witchcraft by the community. She falls for an engineer building a...
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Spitfire

1975

Rooster Cogburn
6.423/201
After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the ai...
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Rooster Cogburn

1995

Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
2/1
The life and career of legendary Hollywood glamour portrait photographer George Hurrell is profiled by his contemporaries including other photographer...
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Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell

1971

The Trojan Women
6.1/27
In the aftermath of the Trojan Wars, Queen Hecuba takes stock of the defeated kingdom. Her son has been killed, and his widow, Andromache, is left to...
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The Trojan Women

1933

Little Women
6.8/136
Four sisters come of age during the American Civil War. With their father away fighting, the family, headed by their mother, experiences tribulations,...
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Little Women

1968

The Lion in Winter
7.4/353
Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir.
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The Lion in Winter

2023

Call Me Kate
7.6/7
A feature documentary which captures Katharine Hepburn's spirit and determination, exploring her story using her own words, through a combination of h...
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Call Me Kate

1955

Summertime
6.8/148
Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she doe...
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Summertime

1937

Quality Street
5.9/16
In the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson.
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Quality Street

1932

A Bill of Divorcement
6.25/36
A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.
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A Bill of Divorcement

1973

The Glass Menagerie
7.6/14
An aging Southern belle's preoccupation with her past and her dreams for her children's futures threaten to smother her painfully shy daughter and her...
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The Glass Menagerie

1985

Grace Quigley
5.9/15
Grace Quigley is nearing the end of her life, living alone in her New York apartment. On the day she's being evicted, she witnesses a murder being com...
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Grace Quigley

2010

Smash His Camera
7/24
A film centering on the life and work of Ron Galella that examines the nature and effect of paparazzi.
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1947

The Sea of Grass
6.3/27
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
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The Sea of Grass

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
6/2
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension th...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1936

A Woman Rebels
5.8/14
A defiant young woman struggles against the norms and morals established by Victorian society and enforced by her autocratic father.
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A Woman Rebels

1944

Dragon Seed
6.4/14
The lives of a small Chinese village are turned Upside down when the Japanese invade it. An heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in a...
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Dragon Seed

1986

Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
5.5/2
A rich widow shocks her snobbish WASP family when she decides to marry her Jewish, divorced, doctor. His family is equally shocked.
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Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry

1975

Love Among the Ruins
6.9/16
An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed bar...
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Love Among the Ruins

2018

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
6/39
A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer t...
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

1935

Break of Hearts
5.5/7
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowi...
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Break of Hearts

1947

Song of Love
6.7/8
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifel...
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Song of Love

1994

One Christmas
5.1/13
Based on Truman Capote's bittersweet tale of a young boy's adventures with the father he's never known in New Orleans in the 1930s..
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One Christmas

1969

The Madwoman of Chaillot
7.1/11
An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others. The story is set in...
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The Madwoman of Chaillot

1996

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
7/5
The childhood, adolescence, and incredible adult years of Al Hirschfeld, celebrated creator of thousands of line drawings of famous people - many in t...
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The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

1979

The Corn Is Green
7/4
A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes...
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The Corn Is Green

1978

Olly, Olly, Oxen Free
4.5/2
Elderly, eccentric Miss Pudd (Hepburn) is the owner of a store she considers an antique shop but most would call a junkyard. She frequently refuses to...
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Olly, Olly, Oxen Free

2019

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
5.5/6
A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2021

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
4.5/25
Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him ba...
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Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

1988

Laura Lansing Slept Here
5.7/3
With a glittering cast that includes Katharine Hepburn and Karen Austin in lead roles, Laura Lansing Slept Here is a humorous family movie. Hepburn pl...
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Laura Lansing Slept Here

1992

The Man Upstairs
5/2
Hepburn plays an elderly woman whose house becomes a hideaway for an escaped convict (O'Neal), and the pair strike up an unlikely friendship.
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The Man Upstairs

1994

This Can't Be Love
5.8/6
Two aging actors, who had a brief but intense marriage in the 1940s, are reunited decades later to find that issues between them are not resolved.
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This Can't Be Love

1988

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
6.8/5
Music documentary directed by Patrick T. Kelly.
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Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

1993

Katharine Hepburn: All About Me
7.2/5
In a rare interview, Katharine Hepburn shares her memories and memorabilia.
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Katharine Hepburn: All About Me

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
3.3/3
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in t...
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years

2004

Cary Grant: A Class Apart
6.9/8
Documentary that explores the life and career of leading man Cary Grant through film clips and interviews. Produced as S18E03 of the long running seri...
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Cary Grant: A Class Apart

1989

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
0/0
A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and...
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1990

Night of 100 Stars III
4/2
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
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Night of 100 Stars III

1988

Bacall on Bogart
6/8
Lauren Bacall tells the story of her late husband Humphrey Bogart, presenting clips from his movies and interview clips with his peers.
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Bacall on Bogart

1974

That's Entertainment!
7.3/61
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
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That's Entertainment!

2003

Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
0/0
A short documentary about the making of the 1956 film, High Society. Hosted by Celeste Holm.
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

1988

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
7/4
A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.
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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy
6.3/3
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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The Big Parade of Comedy

1986

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
8/5
In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and profession...
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

1994

That's Entertainment! III
6.9/35
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to G...
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That's Entertainment! III

1971

Directed by John Ford
6.8/35
A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford.
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Directed by John Ford

1941

Women in Defense
4.8/4
Short documentary extolling the virtues and necessity for women to participate in America's preparation for war, showing women working in scientific,...
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Women in Defense

2010

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
6.7/11
The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real...
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Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
7.7/3
A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.
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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
6.5/3
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche...
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
5.7/7
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

2014

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
6.5/3
A peep behind the scenes of the golden era of Hollywood to discover exactly how and why Katharine Hepburn became one of the most famous actresses in t...
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Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

2003

Complicated Women
6.7/11
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered fi...
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Complicated Women

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II
6.8/36
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical num...
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That's Entertainment, Part II

1940

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
6.7/6
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a tal...
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1944

Twenty Years After
6/1
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
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Twenty Years After

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story
0/0
Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends a...
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Bogart: The Untold Story

1988

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
8/3
This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1996

Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms
5/1
Four-time Oscar-winner Katharine Hepburn called herself a "personality" as well as an actress, and rightfully so. This biography chronicles her life a...
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Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms

1994

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
0/0
A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by t...
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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

1950

The Costume Designer
0/0
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct...
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The Costume Designer

1996

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
10/3
A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.
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The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

1985

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
5.6/12
Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

1988

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6/1
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

2010

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
6.742/33
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first...
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

1992

Fonda on Fonda
6/1
Jane Fonda hosts a tribute to her father.
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2024

True Blue
0/0
Stamatis cannot get over his breakup with Katerina. He stays locked inside, until one night Katerina visits him with one purpose only: to get him out...
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