Why Katherine Hepburn was ‘Summertime’ director David Lean’s favorite actor. The 1963 interview touched on many of Lean’s epic movies like Lawrence of Arabia and The Bridge on the River Kwai.

The 1955 romantic drama starring Katharine Hepburn, available from the Criterion Collection and restored in 4K, marks a turning point in filmmaker David Lean’s career.

But Jane is no girl anymore; "nobody's older than me," she says as a self-deprecating joke at one point. Hepburn, though radiant in the film, was either 47 or 48 at the time of shooting; the ...

But Lean sometimes said the movie that meant the most to him was the 1955 romance Summertime, starring Katharine Hepburn. The story of a single, ...

Katharine Hepburn’s ‘Summertime’ Fling in Venice. Thumbnails. 1 of 6. next. Skip In 00 : 02 prev next. Kate Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi August 26, 2013, 11:00am. Hepburn and Brazzi during ...