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Kate: the woman who was Hepburn

Door William Mann

Categorie
Film, Cinema & TV
Boeknummer
#103006
Titel
Kate: the woman who was Hepburn
Auteur
Mann, William
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
H. Holt, New York
Jaar van uitgave
2006
ISBN10
0805076255
ISBN13
9780805076257
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
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. Previous biographies 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. He shows us how a woman originally co... (Lees verder)nsidered 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.--From publisher description.
Pagina's
621
Conditie
Als nieuw
Prijs
€ 15,00

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