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
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.