TCM Schedule for Saturday, August 30 --- KATHARINE HEPBURN

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3:00am The Formula (1980)
A detective is in jeopardy after discovering a synthetic formula for gasoline.
Cast: George C. Scott, Marlon Brando, Marthe Keller. Dir: John Avildsen. BW-118 mins, TV-MA

5:00am Morning Glory (1933)
A stage struck girl travels to New York determined to make it on Broadway.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Adolphe Menjou. Dir: Lowell Sherman. BW-74 mins, TV-G

6:15am Mary of Scotland (1936)
Biography of the flighty Scottish queen who was brought down by love.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge. Dir: John Ford. BW-124 mins, TV-G

8:30am Stage Door (1937)
Women at a theatrical boarding house try to make their big break happen.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou. Dir: Gregory La Cava. BW-92 mins, TV-G

10:15am The Dick Cavett Show: Katharine Hepburn (One) (1973)
Katharine Hepburn appears on The Dick Cavett Show in an interview that originally aired September 14, 1973.
C-68 mins, TV-14

11:30am Little Women (1933)
The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas. Dir: George Cukor. BW-116 mins, TV-G

1:30pm Bringing Up Baby (1938)
A madcap heiress upsets the staid existence of a straitlaced scientist.
Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charlie Ruggles. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-102 mins, TV-G

3:15pm The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage.
Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart. Dir: George Cukor. BW-112 mins, TV-G

5:15pm Pat And Mike (1952)
Romance blooms between a female athlete and her manager.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray. Dir: George Cukor. BW-95 mins, TV-G

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: KATHARINE HEPBURN

7:00pm Woman Of The Year (1942)
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter. Dir: George Stevens. BW-114 mins, TV-PG

9:00pm The African Queen (1951)
A grizzled skipper and a spirited missionary take on the Germans in Africa during World War I.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley. Dir: John Huston. C-105 mins, TV-PG

11:00pm The Rainmaker (1956)
A fake rainmaker melts the heart of a Kansas spinster while trying to save the town's crops.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey. Dir: Joseph Anthony. C-121 mins, TV-G

1:15am On Golden Pond (1981)
During a summer holiday, an elderly couple comes to grips with aging and their troubled relationship with their adult daughter.
Cast: Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda. Dir: Mark Rydell. C-109 mins, TV-14

3:15am Sylvia Scarlett (1936)
A female con artist masquerades as a boy to escape the police.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Edmund Gwenn. Dir: George Cukor. BW-95 mins, TV-PG

[Hidden Stillness]

1. Yay--Hepburn Day!

The great Katharine Hepburn! There are three things on this list I'm going to watch (again):

First, the one episode of two (don't know which one it is) of possibly the best interview of Hepburn, the extended, wide-ranging two-episode Dick Cavett from 1973, that I remember from the time, and that TCM (thank God for TCM!) has played both of, since. Part One, they were just getting used to each other, there were stagehands doing work at the very start, and the wary Hepburn took a little while to settle down and open up. Part Two had great, longer stories, and at one point Cavett asked about her political opinions, which she always hid. She said (paraph.), advising people "to be on the LIBERAL side," emphasis, to be "going forward," etc. Of course, Hepburn came from a very left-wing, radical, very educated family, with both parents feminists who supported birth control and programs for the poor, a family both screwy and funny, and, loving. The tragedy of their childhoods was the death of their brother, who loved to play that "fake hanging" stunt where the person is actually attached by the back and pretending to be hanging from the neck. On day, they all came home, (all those years ago...), and found the brother hanging in the closet. Hepburn always wondered, was it the trick, gone horribly wrong, or was it suicide?

Second, that great and witty classic, "Bringing Up Baby." Cary Grant is fabulous too, and a great cast.

Third, the wonderful "On Golden Pond," with Hepburn, Henry Fonda, and the wonderful Jane Fonda; what a cast, and some very wise writing. Also, (not to spoil the ending), a gentle hint at the end, of an incident, that tells you what is not, now, far away for these wonderful older people... Beautifully done.

I still miss Katharine Hepburn and her great, sharp attitude, and true, star-quality acting genius. Other great Hepburn movies, not shown today are, "Alice Adams," (TCM replayed that one recently), "Long Day's Journey Into Night," "The Lion in Winter," (great movie, with a young Anthony Hopkins, also already great), "Adam's Rib," etc. Katharine Hepburn!

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2. hi, Hidden Stillness!

Welcome to the Classics Forum!

I didn't know about the tragic death of her brother, and her parents being so forward thinking. Thank you for sharing. :hi: