Quality Street
Summary:
Previously filmed with Marion Davies in 1927, the lightweight James M. Barrie play Quality Street proved an ideal vehicle for Katharine Hepburn ten years later. The setting of the Barrie original was switched from 1805 Scotland to 1815 Regency England, to avoid a preponderance of brogues and to take advantage of the latter era's more attractive costumes. (Candid home movie... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Katharine Hepburn - (Phoebe Throssel)
Franchot Tone - (Dr. Valentine Brown)
Eric Blore - (Recruiting Sergeant)
Fay Bainter - (Susan Throssel)
Cora Witherspoon - (Patty the Maid)
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Review:
Quality Street is drawn from a play by J.M. Barrie, for whom lightness and whimsicality are bywords. Playing Barrie can be a difficult task, especially if, unlike his +Peter Pan, the material is not set in a make-believe world. Finding the right balance between reality and artifice takes quite a bit of doing, and is even more difficult t... Continue >>
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