Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Jennifer Garlen on March 8, 2022

Silver Screen Standards: Sylvia Scarlett (1935) Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant starred in four movies together, two of which, Bringing Up Baby (1938) and The Philadelphia Story (1940), are now widely celebrated classics, but their first pairing went so badly at the box office that it’s somewhat   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on September 22, 2017

A new wave of Katharine Hepburn flicks recently released on DVD from Warner Archive drew me to a pair of titles that, while not among her most celebrated, were of interest to me because of their unusual quirks. Sylvia Scarlett (1935) and Undercurrent (1946) vary in critical, box office and...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on June 3, 2013

Sylvia Scarlett Directed by George Cukor 1935/USA Radio Pictures First viewing This box-office bomb has everything going for it but a coherent script.  Sylvia Scarlett (Katharine Hepburn) has lost her mother and her father (Edmund Gwenn) is an embezzler.  They flee France for England, Sylvia disgu   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on August 22, 2012

Before they made well-remembered classics like Bringing Up Baby (1938) and The Philadelphia Story (1940), Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant first starred together in the more obscure Sylvia Scarlett (1935), a George Cukor picture with a plot straight out of Shakespeare’s play book. The story, a   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on August 22, 2012

Before they made well-remembered classics like Bringing Up Baby (1938) and The Philadelphia Story (1940), Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant first starred together in the more obscure Sylvia Scarlett (1935), a George Cukor picture with a plot straight out of Shakespeare’s play book. The story, a   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on August 22, 2012

Before they made well-remembered classics like Bringing Up Baby (1938) and The Philadelphia Story (1940), Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant first starred together in the more obscure Sylvia Scarlett (1935), a George Cukor picture with a plot straight out of Shakespeare’s play book. The story, a   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on June 18, 2012

Queer Film Blogathon 2012: SYLVIA SCARLETT (1935) This post is written in conjunction with the second annual Queer Film Blogathon hosted by Garbo Laughs and Pussy Goes Grrrr! The first film that came to mind for me when I signed up to participate in this blogathon (my first, as it...   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on June 18, 2012

Queer Film Blogathon 2012: SYLVIA SCARLETT (1935) Labels: Anne Edwards, Cary Grant, Charlotte Chandler, George Cukor, LGBT, MGM, Queer Film Blogathon, RKO Radio Pictures, Sylvia Scarlett (1935) This post is written in conjunction with the second annual Queer Film Blogathon hosted b   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on June 18, 2012

This post is written in conjunction with the second annual Queer Film Blogathon hosted by Garbo Laughs and Pussy Goes Grrrr! The first film that came to mind for me when I signed up to participate in this blogathon (my first, as it happens!) was George Cukor’s SYLVIA SCARLETT (1935), the first   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on January 24, 2012

Sylvia Scarlett e Yentl: meio século de mulheres travestidas Um grande estratagema cômico, em qualquer época, é a troca de papéis e de figurino entre homens e mulheres. Desde o cinema mudo, temos exemplos de pequenas comédias com personagens, normalmente masculinas, travestidas. De fato o homem   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on January 24, 2012

Sylvia Scarlett e Yentl: meio século de mulheres travestidas Um grande estratagema cômico, em qualquer época, é a troca de papéis e de figurino entre homens e mulheres. Desde o cinema mudo, temos exemplos de pequenas comédias com personagens, normalmente masculinas, travestidas. De fato o homem   read more

MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on February 25, 2011

Sylvia Scarlett (1936)      There can be no denying that Katharine Hepburn has a unique face and rather tom-boyish mannerisms, but I would not necessarily have guessed she could play a boy so well. Kate Hepburn was three years into her film career when she made Sylvia Scarlett her eighth film....   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

This post is sponsored by DVD Netflix. "I'll be a boy and rough and hard. I won't care what I do." Bookkeeper Henry Snow (Edmund Gwenn) is in a terrible jam. To pay off his gambling debts he's been dipping into the company finances. When his coworkers catch wind of...   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

Sylvia Scarlett e Yentl: meio século de mulheres travestidas Um grande estratagema cômico, em qualquer época, é a troca de papéis e de figurino entre homens e mulheres. Desde o cinema mudo, temos exemplos de pequenas comédias com personagens, normalmente masculinas, travestidas. De fato o hom   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

This post is sponsored by DVD Netflix. "I'll be a boy and rough and hard. I won't care what I do." Bookkeeper Henry Snow (Edmund Gwenn) is in a terrible jam. To pay off his gambling debts he's been dipping into the company finances. When his coworkers catch wind of...   read more