The seven deadly sins of Hollywood (1957)

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CRAZY MIXED-UP KIDS? the impression that she was at any moment going to attempt the three-minute mile. I recalled the story told about her arrival in Hollywood. Her agent was said to have surveyed her with dismay and exclaimed, "Are we asking them 1,500 dollars a week for this?" Miss Hepburn ran a strong hand over her strong features and through her hair. "It is the plain women who know about love," she said. "The beautiful ones are all too busy being beautiful." What she knows about love is her own secret. She has been married once at least — to Ogden Ludlow Smith, Jun., a stockbroker. She kept that marriage secret for three years. They were divorced in 1934. There have been rumours that she also was married before. Nobody seems to be quite sure whether she was or not. She has had a long-standing friendship with Spencer Tracy. " I suppose I have about six friends in the whole world," said Miss Hepburn; "that's a lot. Who else can say that?" In her relationship with men she expects no privileged treatment because she is a woman, nor does the fact that she is of the weaker sex prevent her from dominating her male associates. Lester Cowan, the producer, once said of a film he was planning with her, "I may be called the producer of this picture — but it will be Miss Hepburn who will do most of the producing. As always." That she intimidates most producers could be because of her fame. But it is not only producers who are scared of her. Once she interrupted a burglar in his work — he was rifling her jewel-box — and shouted at him, "What the hell are you doing?" He took one look at her, dropped the jewels — and ran. It seems strange that such power, physical and intellectual, should go hand in hand with such shyness. A in