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| FILMOGRAPHY |
| Early Films: Christopher Strong, 1933 |
| Christopher Strong, truly helped to define Kate as a "new woman" of film. Directed by Dorothy Arzner, one of the few successful female directors in Hollywood at the time, helped to promote Kate as an independent woman who was in the forefront of the new challenges and opportunities provided to women in the early part of the twentieth century. This was Kate's first starring role which unfortunately didn't do more then get favorable reviews from the critics. The public didn't find the story as fascinating as her previous films and stayed away. |
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Kate plays Lady Cynthia Darrington, an aviatrix who meets and falls in love with Sir Christopher Strong played by Colin Clive. Sir Strong is married and rather then tell him that she is going to have a baby and since she knows their relationship is doomed she decides to take a challenge to attempt the world speed record. Her plane climbs to 30,000 feet where she takes off her oxygen mask, loses control and dies in the crashing airship. Kate was truly a fashion plate in this film and the moth costume has to be seen. The cast includes:
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