HEPBURN KATHARINE: (1907-2003) American Actress, Academy Award winner. T.L.S., K. Hepburn, one page, 8vo, n.p., 29th October 1992, to Steven Lee Carson. Hepburn writes, in full, 'I'm glad you liked “Keeper of the Flame” - As far as I know - it was not inspired by Lingbergh (sic) and his trip - I certainly don't think that film was pro-Nazi'. VG

Keeper of the Flame (1943) starred Katharine Hepburn in the role of Christine Forrest and Spencer Tracy as Steven O'Malley. It was directed by George Cukor. In the book Kate Remembered by A. Scott Berg, the author writes of the film 'It was a melodramatic political thriller…in which a journalist tracks down the zealously protective widow of a great American hero - Lindbergh-like in many ways - whose Yankee Doodle patriotism turns out to be a front for fascism. It was not difficult for Hepburn to press George Cukor, always eager to prove he could direct drama as well as romantic comedy, into service. She convinced Tracy that this would be a wonderful way to make a worthwhile political statement'. (p.198)