Spoilers. Observations. Opinions. Reflections.
Katharine Hepburn has two Scottish accents here; one for the gypsy and one for the cultured fiancé of Lord Rintoul.
The minister looks taller than I imagined, and not so little. Maybe he was less rotund than the other men.
I do like Kate's earlier films such as this one, which exist from when she was young, carefree and with no Spencer Tracy around.
Sweet movie. I first heard of it while studying the life of Maude Adams, famous Broadway actress who played the lead (Lady Babbie) on stage around 1897, to great success. Kate so clever in this film -- so beguiling as the gypsy girl who constantly torments the minister with her tempting and flirtatious ways. Hepburn so very gently floats through the scenes.
Gavin Dishart has such a devotion to his mother. Doesn't his mother have her own place to live? He's tied to her apron strings, plus the church ladies (men) cackle and watch his every move. He cannot tear himself away for a romance. Mother thinks the world revolves around Gavin. She lives in the parsonage with him, but all is changed when the church elders find out Gavin has been cavorting with that devilish gypsy woman. Mrs. Dishart knows she and Gavin will have to leave the house when all of this comes to a head.
I thought that in the original story Lady Babbie is the daughter of a wealthy, titled family, and that the gypsy outfit was just a disguise getup. Apparently she has lots of free time to join a political group, disguising herself as a commoner and attracting the attention of the naive minister.
10/10.
Katharine Hepburn has two Scottish accents here; one for the gypsy and one for the cultured fiancé of Lord Rintoul.
The minister looks taller than I imagined, and not so little. Maybe he was less rotund than the other men.
I do like Kate's earlier films such as this one, which exist from when she was young, carefree and with no Spencer Tracy around.
Sweet movie. I first heard of it while studying the life of Maude Adams, famous Broadway actress who played the lead (Lady Babbie) on stage around 1897, to great success. Kate so clever in this film -- so beguiling as the gypsy girl who constantly torments the minister with her tempting and flirtatious ways. Hepburn so very gently floats through the scenes.
Gavin Dishart has such a devotion to his mother. Doesn't his mother have her own place to live? He's tied to her apron strings, plus the church ladies (men) cackle and watch his every move. He cannot tear himself away for a romance. Mother thinks the world revolves around Gavin. She lives in the parsonage with him, but all is changed when the church elders find out Gavin has been cavorting with that devilish gypsy woman. Mrs. Dishart knows she and Gavin will have to leave the house when all of this comes to a head.
I thought that in the original story Lady Babbie is the daughter of a wealthy, titled family, and that the gypsy outfit was just a disguise getup. Apparently she has lots of free time to join a political group, disguising herself as a commoner and attracting the attention of the naive minister.
10/10.