Your announcer with actress Ann Rutherford, who visited WCLV Friday, September 24th in connection with the Kent State University Museum exhibit of "Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen," opening October 2nd.
We chatted so much that both her 7-minute on-air interview and a special "web extra" interview will be posted on the WCLV website (wclv.com) shortly.
Miss Rutherford, smartly dressed in a David Hayes ensemble, told how she lied about her age to snag a radio job while she was in her teens. She appeared as Polly Benedict to Mickey Rooney's Andy Hardy in a dozen films beginning in the mid-1930s. She was an experienced film actress by the time David O. Selznick cast her as Carreen O'Hara, Scarlett's youngest sister in "Gone With the Wind," without a screen test. As she explained in the interview, she also tried to tell Mr. Selznick a thing or two about economizing on costumes.
She chatted with fans and signed autographs at the Kent State Museum on Saturday the 25th along with Robert Osborne from Turner Classic Movies.
In the "web extra," the 89-year-old actress explains her admiration for Katharine Hepburn, and how radio is her "first love."
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