Back and Better Than Ever: Katharine Hepburn, "Box Office Poison"
Long time, no see! As some of you may know, I'm a high school student, and as most of you may know, high school is busy . I realized I haven't written an article since October 2021 (yikes!) but, like Katharine Hepburn in 1940, I'm making a comeback. Here it is, everyone - a new blog article about the Great Kate! Katharine Hepburn skyrocketed to fame in 1932 after her film debut in A Bill of Divorcement . Suddenly all of Hollywood was curious about this polished society beauty from the East Coast who had made her way to the West. She won her first Oscar in 1933 for Morning Glory , and made a hit adaptation of Little Women the same year. Needless to say, she was a quickly-rising star. But Kate wanted to prove herself on the stage, where her acting career had gotten its start. She asked for leave from her contract at RKO Radio Pictures, but they insisted she make a movie called Spitfire first. Spitfire was a ridiculous, if