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Post by Shaun on Aug 3, 2005 10:11:51 GMT -5
Since KH has passed and pretty much everyone who knew her in her early days preceeded her, whould an attempt to write a biography today be worthless? Obviously no one could write a book as intimate as Garson Kanin's or Scott Berg's. Although I sure some joe will attempt to cash in on the Katharine Hepburn legacy. By the way, is Garson Kanin still living? When did he die OR how old is he today?
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Post by karina on Aug 3, 2005 12:38:52 GMT -5
If one of her relatives - niece Kathy Houghton or brother Robert Hepburn - were to write a biography, I think it would be very interesting and probably far more accurate than most.
As for Garson Kanin, I'm afraid he died in March 1999 at the age of 86. At least he and Kate were on speaking terms again by then and she'd forgiven him for spilling the beans in his Tracy & Hepburn memoir.
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Post by Judy on Aug 3, 2005 22:25:24 GMT -5
And when, in 1997, the Turtle Bay Association dedicated a garden in Kate's name in NYC, Garson was there - with his then wife Marian Seldes.
JS
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Post by smith on Aug 5, 2005 4:33:08 GMT -5
The potential for a fantastic biography is there . There are heaps of people alive who knew Katharine and once her letters and papers are available - it opens up enormous possibilities .
What really disappoints me in many biograhies is the lack of depth in research , the reliance on second hand sources - thus repeating the same mistakes of other biographies and the effort to be sensationalist or to find some sexual angle which will help sell the book .
A good serious biography takes a lot of time and presumably is expensive . I mean a book of Katharine's letters over her lifetime would be enormously interesting - the biographers have to creative
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Post by Shaun on Aug 5, 2005 12:49:16 GMT -5
A new biography comes out later this year? Who is the author? How were you able to read it so early?
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Post by Cate on Aug 6, 2005 2:06:17 GMT -5
You've already read this biography, Smith?
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