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Director:
George Cukor
Writers:
Compton MacKenzie (novel)
Gladys Unger (writer) ...
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Release Date:
3 January 1936 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Escaping to England from a French embezzlement charge, widower Henry Scarlett is accompanied by daughter Sylvia who... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Loved the Pink Pierrots! more (31 total)

Cast

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Katharine Hepburn ... Sylvia Scarlett

Cary Grant ... Jimmy Monkley
Brian Aherne ... Michael Fane
Edmund Gwenn ... Henry Scarlett
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
En förtjusande pojke (Sweden) [sv]
Il diavolo è femmina (Italy) [it]
La gran aventura de Silvia (Spain) [es]
Sylvia Scarlett (Portugal) [pt]
Sylvia Scarlett (France) [fr]
Una muchacha sin importancia (Argentina) [es]
Veikeä kulkuri (Finland) [fi]
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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Despite the poor reviews of the movie, most critics noted the performance of Cary Grant. It has since been recognized as one of Grant's break-out performances. more
Quotes:
Sylvia Scarlett: Well, we're all fools sometimes. Only you choose such awkward times. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Aviator (2004) more
Soundtrack:
HELLO! HELLO! more

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Loved the Pink Pierrots!, 17 May 2002
Author: Anita de Acosta Keith (g_keith@sbcglobal.net) from Columbus, Ohio USA

I loved it when the characters became the traveling show. I thought I had read about Cary Grant entertaining in the English music halls (before he went to Hollywood?), so it seemed like he was such a natural for this hilarious scene. When I saw the characters starting to sing and dance, I was very happy. Cary Grant's character was having a good old time, and he looked like he was having a lot of fun. Katharine Hepburn's character was taking part in the hi-jinks, as well as her father and the maid. All dressed in their clown costumes made me wish there were more of these vaudeville frivolities. The makeup transformation of Katharine Hepburn into a boy is just fabulous, and the scene where she becomes a young lady for Brian Aherne is exceedingly convincing and lovely. She is just great at doing these chameleon changes.

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