Historic Photo Gallery: 1941 to 1946
1942
Katharine Hepburn's only appearance at Walnut Street Theatre was in March 1942.
She played a New England widow who operates a boarding house in Philip Barry's
Without Love. Hepburn had previously worked with Barry on the successful
stage and screen versions of
The Philadelphia Story. In
Without Love,
Hepburn and her leading man, Elliot Nugent, were mismatched, and the production
garnered mixed reviews. She was better suited to her partner in the film
version of 1945, when she played opposite Spencer Tracey. (Photograph courtesy of
the Theatre Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia.)
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