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phia Story. Its central character, played by Katharine Hepburn, both on Broadway and in the film (she owned the film rights), is/was inspired by Hope, known always after her marriage to Edgar Scott as Hope Scott. I knew Hope briefly in the last years of her life, in her mid-to-late 80s. The energy that possessed Philip Barry’s character was evident in abundance in the Hope I met, even at that late age. Aside from Hope Scott’s still memorable effervescence and ebullience, David Nelson Wren’s beautiful book (and fascinating lecture) reflect not only her energy but that of a whole family, including the contracting and designing and their living/lifestyle in that house, which still remains in the family’s name. The house itself was in a trust that could not be broken until after the death of the last grandchild of Robert Montgomery.
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Even in its grandeur and bigness, with all of the original furniture and paintings, there remains a sense within of the family who dominated it for more than a century now. Hearing David Wren’s comfortably informal lecture (along with photographs) on its design, construction, and family life is one of those moments—difficult to come upon many these days—when you’re beguiled, amused, and even informed on the brighter side of the American family life of the 20th century. David Wren’s lecture is a relaxed yet compelling 45 to 50 minutes. Plus a total pleasure. The book itself is a lesson in many things, from architecture and culture to family that plays together, stays together, even acceding to all of its characters. His lecture about Ardrossan revived memories of my brief exposure to that