ISSUE DATE: Sept. 1, 1952
ALSO APPEARED: Nov. 16, 1981
THE BUZZ:
In Kate Hepburn’s 24 years on stage and screen, her detractors have been many. Yet most of them have had to eat their words. The most damning thing ever said of her was in 1938, when Harry Brandt, a movie exhibitor, labeled Kate “boxoffice poison.” But this year Kate is stronger than she ever was: her last two films, The African Queen and Pat and Mike, are top box-office hits of the season.
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