Tag: Katharine Hepburn

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By the turn of the twentieth century, the Turtle Bay neighbourhood on the east side of Midtown Manhattan was a 'riverside back yard' for the city of New York. Imposing brownstones and squalid tenement housing butted up against the breweries, gasworks, and slaughterhouses which lined the waterfront. Eventually the waterfront would be reshaped by the United Nations headquarters, with dozens of diplomatic missions...

★★★★ (4 out of 4 stars) - Adam and Amanda Bonner, a couple of happily married lawyers who live in an upper-floor apartment in New York, begin to clash when they land on opposite sides of a trial for attempted murder. Adam views the matter in black and white, believing that Doris Attinger broke the law and deserves to be punished, while Amanda delights in teasing out some of the nuances of the case, perceiving an opportunity to rail against gender imbalances...

Bringing Up Baby, which appeared in 1938, directed by Howard Hawks, and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, is one of the greatest of all films. A screwball comedy, which sees Katharine Hepburn's knowing but scattered Susan Vance pursue Cary Grant's wide-eyed David Huxley, the film received a mixed reception upon its release; and while it made a little...