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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2018 1:51:50 GMT
I think she was, if only a bit.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jul 11, 2018 2:50:24 GMT
No
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Post by politicidal on Jul 11, 2018 3:34:51 GMT
No, she was great. Still on fire in GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? or THE LION IN WINTER.
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Post by telegonus on Jul 11, 2018 5:50:17 GMT
Maybe as an actress but certainly not as a star. Great Kate had it in spades. One of the greats. Stars, I mean. She could act, and could act well, but my sense is that Kate Hepburn's stardom is her true legacy, more so than great performances, although I've certainly seen fine work from her.
I find that some of her best work comes from either first rate directors with whom she was comfortable, and with co-stars who were either extremely gifted or highly charismatic. She could rise to the occasion when the occasion was a good opportunity to shine, but sometimes it just wasn't there.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2018 10:08:49 GMT
Yes
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 11, 2018 16:17:06 GMT
Yes
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jul 12, 2018 6:27:18 GMT
Maybe as an actress but certainly not as a star. Great Kate had it in spades. One of the greats. Stars, I mean. She could act, and could act well, but my sense is that Kate Hepburn's stardom is her true legacy, more so than great performances, although I've certainly seen fine work from her. I find that some of her best work comes from either first rate directors with whom she was comfortable, and with co-stars who were either extremely gifted or highly charismatic. She could rise to the occasion when the occasion was a good opportunity to shine, but sometimes it just wasn't there. She was on the 'Box Office Poison' list for awhile. |
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Post by telegonus on Jul 14, 2018 0:42:37 GMT
Yes, Kate was box-office poison for a while, circa 1937-38, but nobody's perfect.
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Post by mslo79 on Jul 14, 2018 9:05:21 GMT
I think it's pretty safe to say Yes. I doubt I would think that much of her like her image makes her out to be.
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Post by telegonus on Jul 14, 2018 18:36:11 GMT
That's true about Kate playing to her image. That was a huge part of her appeal. It's like she was a commodity, and gave good value for the dollar. She knew it, and at the time, which is to say in her time, movie audiences knew it, too. Now, gone for some fifteen years or thereabouts, younger people who don't know a whole lot about "Great Kate", the Spence and Kate business, who know her if at all only as an old-time movie star are more likely to judge her (so to speak) as an actress, not a personality to be "charmed" by. Things change.
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