Cutting Her Down to Size? Katharine Hepburn & Woman of the Year
Katharine Hepburn Meets Spencer Tracy, Pulls a Fast One on MGM, Wears Her Power Platforms, and Proves She’s Here to Stay. From 1942, it’s Woman of the Year.
Louis B. Mayer
Louis B. Mayer
Give it to God: Jimmy Stewart Bomber Pilot & It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Jimmy Stewart Is a Bomber Pilot in Europe, Almost Quits Acting, & Reminds Us That No One is Born a Failure. From 1946, It’s a Wonderful Life.
Uncorrupted: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington & Jimmy Stewart
Jimmy Stewart Remains Uncorrupted by Hollywood & Frank Capra’s Name Is Above the Title. It’s Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939).
Jimmy Stewart: Don’t Mess With Him
Jimmy Stewart Is Smart, Plays the Accordion, Flies B-24 Liberators, Loves His Wife, & Knows What He Believes In. So Don’t Mess With Him.
Esther Williams: Hollywood’s Sassy Mermaid
Esther Williams Is Sassy, Almost An Olympian, An Excellent Cook, Learns How to Swim Pretty, and Invents the Swimming Musical.
She Wants to Be Alone: The Mysterious Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo Wants to Be Alone, Is Told She’s Fat, Changes Film Acting, Refuses to Do Her Hair, Threatens to Go Home, and May Be a Secret Spy.
