Biographical Information on RKO Radio Pictures Personalities (1935)

Record Details:

Title:
Biographical Information on RKO Radio Pictures Personalities
Date:
1935
Volume:
Biographical Information on RKO Radio Pictures Personalities
Leaf #:
00053
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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Rutgers Neilson RKO Radio Pictures RKO Building Radio City, New York Biographical Information KATHARINE HEPBURN (RKO Radio Pictures) (Katharine Hepburn was born in Hartford, Conn. November 8th. Auburn hair, green eyes. Dislikes Hollywood social life. Spends most of her time on a small ranch. ) EARLY LIFE STAGE CAREER SCREEN CAREER Katharine Hepburn is the daughter of a prominent physician of Hartford, Oonn. , who strenuously objected at first, to her stage ambitions. During her college days at Bryn Mawr she was the life of the dramatic club, and left school to seek a stage career. Hepburn's stage beginnings were ill-starred. Whenever she managed to get a small role, the show closed or she was fired. If she was an understudy, the star was appallingly healthy, and Katharine never played the role. She was fired from the casts of "The Big Pond," "Death Takes a Holiday" and "The Animal Kingdom." She played a small role in "Art and Mrs. Bottle" with Jane Cowl, and played stock in Baltimore, which gave her valuable training. She understudied Hope Williams in ""Holiday." But it was the leading role in that amusing play, "The Warrior's Husband," that brought her attention. RKO Radio Pictures quickly followed a Hepburn screen test with a contract. Her work opposite John Barrymore in "A Bill of Divorcement" brought her (continued)