Adam's Rib News

Zadie Smith's passion for writing and film shines through in this sparkling collection of criticism, says an admiring Peter Conrad Zadie Smith: a Her enthusiasm is almost shocking.a TM Photograph: Tiziana Fabi/ Getty Images For Zadie Smith , criticism is a bodily pleasure, not an abstracted mental operation.

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Battle of the sexes films peaked in the 1940s with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey vehicles such as 1949's Adam's Rib and Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell.

I don't remember the first time I saw a Katharine Hepburn film, but I'm sure it was sometime back when I was in what used to be known as junior high school.

" TRACY ," a one-man play about the life of Spencer Tracy, has been rescheduled for July 17 and 18 at 8 p.m., and July 19 at 2 p.m. in downtown New Bern's Athens Theatre.

The annual Downtown Lawrence Film Festival starts this Thursday with a showing of "Woman of the Year," a 1940s film starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.

Good morning. Today is the 132nd day of the year. It is the birth anniversary of Katharine Hepburn, American actress who won four Oscars, including Morning Glory in 1933; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 1967; The Lion in Winter in 1968 and On Golden Pond in 1968.

She introduced into her roles a strength of character previously considered to be undesirable in Hollywood leading ladies.

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Downtown's outdoor movie series begins its 10th season tonight with "Adam's Rib," a 1949 comedy starring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.