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Collection of six Katharine Hepburn films. In ‘Bringing Up Baby’ (1938), eccentric heiress Susan Vance (Hepburn) steals a dinosaur bone from absent-minded paleontologist David Huxley (Cary Grant), forcing him to track her down to her Connecticut farm. Along the way he runs into trouble with the authorities and a possible sponsor for his museum, and ends up looking after Susan’s pet leopard, ‘Baby’. In ‘Holiday’ (1938), liberal-minded Johnny Case (Grant) wanders into a storm of trouble when he goes to meet his fiancee’s wealthy family. His prospective father-in-law is not too impressed with Johnny’s plan to take a ‘holiday’ in the early years of his life. Johnny is nonplussed – all he wants to do is enjoy himself and find a direction while he is still able. However, he finds unlikely allies in the form of his future sister-in-law, Linda (Hepburn), and her tipsy brother, Nick (Lew Ayres). In ‘State of the Union’ (1948), directed by Frank Capra, Spencer Tracy plays Grant Matthews, a prospective candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, backed by his mistress, newspaper mogul Kay Thorndyke (Angela Lansbury). In order to present a more wholesome image, Matthews convinces his estranged wife, Mary (Hepburn), to pose as his devoted spouse. Mary agrees because she thinks he might make a good president, but when Matthews corrupts his principles for votes, Mary realises she has made a mistake. Only when Matthews publicly admits his dishonesty does he prove himself worthy of Mary’s respect – and her love. In ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ (1959), after witnessing her cousin’s death, Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) begins to suffer mental problems. Her aunt, Violet Venable (Hepburn) attempts to persuade neurosurgeon Dr Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift) to perform a lobotomy in order to put an end to Catherine’s hallucinations and prevent the truth coming out about her son’s death. In ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ (1967), Matt Drayton (Tracy) and wife Christina (Hepburn) are lost for words when their daughter, Joey (Katharine Houghton), returns from her Hawaiian holiday with a fiance in tow. What shocks them is not so much that Joey is to wed, but that her proposed husband – research scientist John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) – is black. The Draytons have always believed themselves to be broad-minded people, but find they are put to the test when John says that the wedding will not go ahead without their whole-hearted approval. Finally, in ‘Rooster Cogburn’ (1975), the sequel to ‘True Grit’ (1969), John Wayne reprises his role as Rooster Cogburn. This time round, the rough and ready lawman teams up with prim missionary Eula Goodnight (Hepburn), who wants to find the men who killed her father.

A bumper box set of classic films featuring ‘The First Lady of Cinema’ Katharine Hepburn! Titles Comprise: Rooster Cogburn (Dir. Stuart Millar 1975): Two of the most popular stars in screen history are brought together for the first time in the follow up to True Grit. The film returns John Wayne to the role of the rapscallion eye patched whiskey guzzling Deputy Marshall that won him an Academy Award. Katharine Hepburn is prim Eula Goodnight a Bible thumping missionary who teams up with the gun fighter to avenge the death of her father. While in pursuit of the outlaws a warm rapport develops between the rough n’ tumble lawman and the flirty reverend’s daughter. State Of The Union (Dir. Frank Capra 1948): The Flamboyant businessman Grant Matthews (Spencer Tracy) is persuaded by his mistress the powerful publishing heiress Kay Thorndyke (Angela Lansbury) to seek the Republican nomination in the forthcoming elections. Mary Matthews (Katharine Hepburn) joins her estranged husband to present a public portrait of a happy family for the voters. With the aid of the conniving political boss Jim Conover (Adolphe Menjou) Grant begins the long road to the White House… Bringing Up Baby (Dir. Howard Hawks 1938): A dog belonging to an eccentric heiress (Hepburn) steals a dinosaur bone from David (Grant) an absent-minded Zoology professor. David follows the heiress to her home and all hell breaks loose when he loses his pet leopard known as ‘Baby’. Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn give fantastic performances in one of Hollywood’s finest screwball comedies superbly directed by Howard Hawks. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (Dir. Stanley Kramer 1967): Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn (who won the Academy Award as Best Actress for her performance) are unforgettable as perplexed parents in this landmark 1967 movie about mixed marriage. Joanna (Katharine Houghton) the beautiful daughter of a crusading publisher Matthew Drayton (Tracy) and his patrician wife Christina (Hepburn) returns home with her new fiancee John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) a distinguished black doctor. Christina accepts her daughter’s decision to marry John but Matthew is shocked by this interracial union; and the doctor’s parents are equally dismayed. Both families must sit down face to face and examine each other’s level of intolerance. Holiday (Dir. George Cukor 1938): An iconoclastic young man (Cary Grant) who’s engaged to a snooty heiress (Doris Nolan) discovers he’s really in love with his fianc”e’s down-to-earth sister (Katharine Hepburn) in director George Cukor’s stylish comedy… Suddenly Last Summer (Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1959): Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn each received Oscar nominations for best actress in this gripping adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play filmed at Shepperton Studios by director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Catherine Holly (Taylor) is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the strange and horrible death of her cousin. Catherine’s aunt Violet Venable (Hepburn) tries to influence Dr Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift) a young neurosurgeon to surgically end Catherine’s haunting hallucinations. By utilising injections of Sodium Pentothal Dr Cukrowicz discovers that Catherine’s delusions are in fact true. He then must confront Violet about her own involvement in her son’s lurid death…