Movie #544"Sylvia Scarlett" is one of 4 movies that Grant and Hepburn starred in and it's my least favorite (in order: Philadelphia Story, Holiday, Bringing up Baby and this one). When I saw it advertised, and I hadn't seen it before (Huzzah!) I was very anxious because it sounded like my type of film --- Kate dressed like a man, Edmund Gwen (Kris Kringle) playing her dad, and Cary Grant playing a flim flam man ---- but it was loud, frenetic, and annoying to me. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood ---- and maybe it was provocative for its day (with the infamous kiss and all), but it just seemed way over the top --- pushy---- and melodramatic in parts ---- I know that's the style for many movies of the day, but this one with this cast .......well, I felt it should have been better.
3 stars out of 5
Sylvia Scarlett
(1935) NR
Disguising herself as a man, Sylvia Scarlett (Katharine Hepburn) boards a ferry with her improvident father (Edmund Gwenn) to smuggle some expensive stolen lace and sell it for a handsome profit. But complications ensue when the duo hooks up with a rakish jewel thief (Cary Grant). This classic comedy is notable in part for a then-scandalous on-screen kiss between Hepburn and her female co-star, Dennie Moore.
Genre:Classic Movies, Comedies, Romantic Movies, Classic Comedies, Romantic Comedies, Classic Romantic Movies
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