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Title: Katharine Hepburn by Anne Edwards ISBN: 0-312-20656-9 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Grudging Biography
Comment: Upon reading this book, one gets the unmistakable impression that Edwards has gone a lot further than just trying to demystify Hepburn with "objective" opinions. While it never explicitly ridicules Hepburn, I think the tone is subtly anti-Hepburn. Indeed, praise for the great actress comes almost reluctantly, and often after the author has already expressed her own negative opinion, which permanently detracts from the Hepburn persona. (For eg, (1) The author's reasoning for Hepburn's defiance of contemporary fashion, (2) The strange correlation of the presence of (girlish?) stuffed toys in Hepburn's house with the idea that Hepburn might not have thought of herself as a strong woman.
It is quite clear that Hepburn has not been interviewed for this book. The title "A Remarkable Woman" itself seems contrived and shallow, when we read the last paragraph of the book, where the title is (unsatisfactorily) explained. I fear that a reader with no prior information about Hepburn, will come away with an incorrect picture of Hepburn as just another Hollywood actress, (with some redeeming quirks) who had her share of ups and downs. In my opinion, Andrew Britton's work (Katharine Hepburn, Star as Feminist), though not biographical, is the best critical appreciation of Hepburn's film roles and, by extension, of Hepburn, who was often described as transferring her own qualities to her roles, rather than completely adapting herself to them.
Rating: 3
Summary: Insight into the life of a star
Comment: I found this book to be quite an in-depth view into the life of Katherine Hepburn, an elusive star. It offers a back-stage view of the life of an icon and the struggles and triumphs that are associated with that responsibility. I would definitly recommend this book to those interested in the genre.
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Title: Katharine Hepburn by Barbara Leaming ISBN: 0879102934 Publisher: Proscenium Pub Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Making of The African Queen by Katharine Hepburn ISBN: 0394562720 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 12 August, 1987 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Kate Remembered by A. Scott Berg ISBN: 0399151648 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 11 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Private World of Katharine Hepburn by John Bryson ISBN: 0316113336 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 02 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $24.45 |
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Title: Me : Stories of My Life by KATHARINE HEPBURN ISBN: 0345410092 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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