 " The filming process was an efficient one , and it was going so well that in the middle of the production Cukor asked Hepburn to talk to Judy Garland in an attempt to convince Garland of the need to sober up . In order to add realism to the production , Cukor consulted reporters from United Press for advice on how newspapermen would handle Forrest 's funeral . Based on their critiques , Cukor changed the scene in the village hotel 's bar so that instead of drinking and talking about the funeral , the reporters get to work drafting articles on their typewriters . The script , too , was changed to permit the bartender to make a quip about reporters working rather than drinking . 
