Raoul Walsh’s “The Tall Men”

Call Me Kate, the Netflix doc that I finally caught last weekend, reports that upon her first meeting with Spencer Tracy in mid '41, prior to their costarring in Woman of the Year, the 5'8" Katharine Hepburn said, "You're not very tall, are you?"

June 13, 2023 by Jeff Wells 12 Comments

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