Word: hepburn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...corruption and his reaffirmation is very much the same as that of his films of the 30s, like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington and Meet John Doe. While State of the Union is politically the least sophisticated of Capra's serious films, it is also emotionally the most exhilarating. Hepburn gives the best performance of her career as the wife of Spencer Tracy, presidential candidate, who wins back her husband's love by convincing him to remain true to his principles. When Hepburn plays opposite Cary Grant, we can't totally enjoy her charm because she se ems so manipulative...
Another of Hepburn's mishaps became a scene in the picture. She was driving a cart beside a stream. The horse refused to stop and toppled into 6 ft. of muddy water. Lester kept the cameras rolling. Then he wrote a scene in which Robin fishes Marian out and carries her lovingly to the bank...
Aiming for greater realism, Lester kept cutting down on the love story between Robin and Marian, and Hepburn fought to retain some of her best romantic lines with Connery. Says she: "With all those men, I was the one who had to defend the romance in the picture. Somebody had to take care of Marian...
Long Absence. Marian could not have been in safer hands. "I've never made a film so fast and I would like to have had more time," Hepburn says now. "But he is very different-extraordinary, spontaneous. Everything has to be new, practically impromptu." Adds a studio executive, with his own brand of diplomacy: "Audrey could get along with Hitler, but Lester is not in her scrapbook of unforgettable characters...
...Hepburn's greatest anxiety was not knowing how she looked on the screen after her long absence, because she did not see daily rushes on location. This week she finally saw Robin and Marian at its New York premiere at Radio City. When asked what she thought of herself, she replied in the manner of her unforgettable princess in Roman Holiday: "I shall have to see it again before I decide...