Morning Glory (1933) announced Katharine Hepburn as a major screen talent, only her third film, and it won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
She played Eva Lovelace, a young actress who arrives in New York determined to succeed on the stage. The film follows Eva’s hopes, disappointments and first successes, and Hepburn gave her a fresh, eager energy that audiences remembered.
The Oscar came early, but it was no accident. Hepburn’s Eva is both ambitious and vulnerable, and the performance showed the qualities that would define her long career: intelligence, spirit and a complete lack of self-pity.
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