Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
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Cast
as Sylvia Scarlett
as Jimmy Monkley
as Michael Fane
as Henry Scarlett
as Lily
as Maudie Tilt
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as Drunk
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as Frenchman
as Russian
as Customs Inspector
as Customs Inspector
as Customs Inspector
as Maid
as Steward
as Steward
as Steward
as Stewardess
as Purser
as Purser
as Conductor
as Sgt. Major
as Turnkey
as Bobby
Critic Reviews for Sylvia Scarlett
All Critics (8) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (1) | DVD (1)
A peculiar, rather audacious gender-bender tale, with Katharine Hepburn as a man for most of the film, keeping Cary Grant (and us) on his toes.
Cukor handles these bizarre plot turns with consummate grace.
...an interesting if ultimately fruitless collaboration of two of the screen's biggest legends.
Grant gives one of his most energetic and best film performances ever.
Interesting, but never really compelling offbeat comedy-drama
Audience Reviews for Sylvia Scarlett
Think fast! Your dad, Edmund Gwenn has been embezzling money and you have to escape the country and you look like Katharine Hepburn. In order to evade the authorities, do you cut off your long braids and pose as a boy? Of course you do! When you and dad run across a smuggler who looks an awful lot like Cary Grant you decide to keep up the ruse so that you might learn the tricks of being a con man. Unfortunately, you wind up being too honest to do any decent thieving so you decide to start a touring performance troupe (you, your dad, Cary Grant and some other dame you found). When some loud mouth heckles the dame in your group while you're doing your act onstage, you go home with him, and spend the rest of the movie trying to decide whether you love him or Cary Grant. Everyone in this movie is confused and the plot is sloppy/messy, but I thought Hepburn was pretty cute in this gender-bending role (there's even a "lesbian" kiss). Granted, this was probably one of the first films of this kind, but that still doesn't make it very good.
Super Reviewer
This movie is somewhat strange, mostly because I didn't think Hepburn's character had a good enough reason to dress up as a boy. I didn't understand that part, and the movie doesn't explain it. Hepburn and Grant are really good in this movie, though, and it's really funny, so I stopped questioning it.
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