Katharine Hepburn
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Summary
Celebrate one hundred years of amazing progress made by remarkable women from all over the world in politics, sports, science, and the arts. Meet such heroic figures as Amelia Earhart, Eleanor Roosevelt, Katharine Hepburn, Edith Piaf, Rosa Parks, Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, and Hilary Rodham Clinton. Truly an inspirational chronicle of extraordinary women achieving extraordinary things over the course of the 20th century.
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The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who have had a summer cottage there since early in their marriage. This summer their daughter Chelsea -- whom they haven't seen for years -- feels she must be there for Norman's birthday. She and her fiance are on their way to Europe the next day but will be back in a couple of weeks to pick up the fiance's son. When she returns Chelsea is married and...
5) Without Love
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Academy Award winners Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy star as a married couple who believe they have found the secret to wedded bliss: They share common passions but have decided to live together WITHOUT LOVE. Washington, D.C. World War II. Pat Jamieson (Tracy--Father of the Bride, Inherit the Wind) and Jamie Rowan (Hepburn--The African Queen, The Philadelphia Story) have both loved and lost. Independently, they have decided to forgo romance for...
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Eugene O'Neill's magnificent autobiographical account of his turbulent family life is brought to the screen with an overpowering wealth of talent. Katharine Hepburn as the mother - lonely, ravaged by narcotics and frightened by a world with which she cannot cope. Ralph Richardson as the alcoholic father, a miser embittered by his expired career. Jason Robards as the tortured older brother, a failure to everyone including himself. And Dean Stockwell...
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The 12th Century and the obsession of Henry II of England to find a successor, after the death of the heir to the throne, causes him, one Christmas, to summon his three remaining sons. Also summoned is his wife, the formidable Eleonor of Aquitaine, who he has kept imprisoned for the last 10 years. The fiery relationship between Henry II and Queen Eleonor is powerfully portrayed; their passions turn from tenderness to hurry as they scheme and cajole,...
11) Adam's rib
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A husband and wife lawyer team clash when the wife defends a woman on trial for shooting her spouse. The lawyer-husband is the prosecutor.
13) Bringing up Baby
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An heiress determined to catch a zoologist uses her pet leopard, Baby, to get his attention.
14) Summertime
Series
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The story of a witty but lonely secretary who takes a vacation in Venice, hoping to fall in love. She does - with a very handsome but very married Italian man.
17) Desk set
Series
Studio classic volume 18
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A classic Hepburn-Tracy romance, about the head of the research department at a TV network and an absent-minded computer genius.
18) Holiday
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Johnny gets engaged to the girl of his dreams, only to find out she's a millionaire's daughter whose father wants to be in control of their lives. Add to that a sister who is falling for Johnny, and he needs to decide who to marry and what to do.