A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the movies
Date:
1943
Publisher:
New York : Simon and Schuster
Volume:
A pictorial history of the movies
Leaf #:
000265
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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MORNING GLORY (1932) 251 Katharine Hepburn first attracted Hollywood's attention when, an unknown and virtually inexperienced actress, she scored an instantaneous hit in the stage version of The Warrior's Husband. Brought West, she disregarded all rules of the game, went about in overalls and a hired Rolls Royce, snubbed her fellow actors, sassed her director, refused to do the routine publicity stunts, made an all-round nuisance of herself—and made an immediate success in A Bill of Divorcement. RKO promptly starred her in Christopher Strong and then in Morning Glory, a scene from which is shown here, with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., as leading man. Hepburn received the Academy award for her performance in Morning Glory. BELOW "Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!" exclaims one of the characters in Night After Night. To which Miss West remarks, "Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie." Miss West, after a tumultuous stage career as author, director, producer, and actress, in the course of which she managed to land a jail sentence, went on to triumph in her first picture, playing but a small part. She appears here, in a scene from the picture, with George Raft. The two women at the table in the foreground are Alison Skipworth (left) and Constance Cummings.