Katharine's long journey relived; AFI tribute program to honor Hepburn's remarkable career.(SHOW)(FROM THE VAULTS)

From: The Washington Times | Date: September 26, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Gary Arnold, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Katharine Hepburn, the subject of a two-week retrospective beginning today at the American Film Institute Silver Theatre, began to impress and puzzle the moviegoing world in 1932, when she made her film debut in "A Bill of Divorcement," inheriting the role played on Broadway by Katharine Cornell.

David O. Selznick, who recruited the 25-year-old Miss Hepburn when he was supervising production at RKO in 1932, evoked the ...

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