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The Madwoman of Chaillot *** (1969, Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, Oskar Homolka, Yul Brynner, Richard Chamberlain, Edith Evans, Donald Pleasence) – Classic Movie Review 2431

Director Bryan Forbes’s civilised 1969 satirical comedy drama turns Jean Giraudoux’s celebrated play La Folle de Chaillot into an offbeat vehicle for Katharine Hepburn, who plays an eccentric and idealistic French countess trying to stop the plan of corrupt powerful […]

Apr, 27

On Golden Pond ***** (1981, Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda) – Classic Movie Review 2330

Director Mark Rydell’s triple-Oscar-winning 1981 tearfully poignant, heart-warming family-conflict drama is a triumphantly sentimental story of crotchety retired professor Norman Thayer (Henry Fonda), alienated from his daughter (Jane Fonda) and fearful about the onset of […]

Mar, 30

Love Affair ** (1994, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Katharine Hepburn) – Classic Movie Review 2328

Director Glen Gordon Caron’s 1994 turgid romance is a bloated and pretty disastrous attempt to re-film director Leo McCarey’s 1939 classic and his remake, An Affair to Remember. Warren Beatty stars in an ideal role […]

Mar, 29

Sylvia Scarlett **** (1935, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Edmund Gwenn)) – Classic Movie Review 1,260

George Cukor’s 1935 romantic comedy adventure film Sylvia Scarlett stars Katharine Hepburn the title role of a female con artist who disguises herself as a boy to escape the police.  Director George Cukor’s 1935 romantic […]

May, 27

Holiday **** (1938, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant) – Classic Movie Review 1,259

George Cukor’s 1938 classic romantic comedy film Holiday is the perfect example of the Hollywood screwball comedy of remarriage that its stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant specialised in and made their own. Director George […]

May, 26

Bringing Up Baby ***** (1938, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, May Robson, Fritz Feld) – Classic Film Review 1,229

Producer-director Howard Hawks’s 1938 classic film Bringing Up Baby is the quintessential 30s screwball comedy, providing a perfect showcase for the ultimate in polished zany performances from its all-time great stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary […]

May, 18

The Philadelphia Story ***** (1940, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart) – Classic Film Review 1,228

Director George Cukor’s 1940 ultra-smart romantic comedy film The Philadelphia Story is one of Hollywood’s most glorious, with three of its all-time great stars at their most effortless, alluring, dazzling best. The movie represents the […]

May, 17

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