Spoilers. Observations. Opinions.
John Beal loses out. He gets third billing here. Elsewhere, he is Hepburn's main man (in The Little Minister). In this film he is best buds with Boyer, supposedly the suave leading man matinée idol.
Boyer, here, is a cad; tons of women hangers-on. He loves 'em all, and has their pictures up everywhere. Hepburn is like, well, I might just be next in line.
Boyer has women everywhere being bowled over by him, but his orchestra members are ticked off by his verbal cruelty.
Boyer and Hepburn marry, and are off to a whirlwind European honeymoon. Beal is off stage.
Boyer, later on, shows up very late to a concert performance, and I think that the orchestra members get their due in his inebriated attempts to be professional -- at which he fails.
He loses Hepburn. He is such a jerk, and she finally sees right through him.
Later, she has gone to Reno to end the marriage. Who else appears on the train with her on the way to NYC but The Little Minister himself. John Beal has an American accent here, and in the train scene almost a snappy 1930s gangster-like patter.
Beal woos Hepburn with an instant sort-of marriage proposal. Hepburn, meanwhile, has gone back to be with drunken Boyer, and everything ends.
I wanted her to end up with Beal, but alas, no.
I am a degreed historian, actress, film critic and movie reviewer. I like Katharine Hepburn films, especially her early ones that get bad press. In these, she is young, lithe and demure. There is no S. Tracy. These films were made in the middle of the Great Depression, and they are uplifting.
John Beal loses out. He gets third billing here. Elsewhere, he is Hepburn's main man (in The Little Minister). In this film he is best buds with Boyer, supposedly the suave leading man matinée idol.
Boyer, here, is a cad; tons of women hangers-on. He loves 'em all, and has their pictures up everywhere. Hepburn is like, well, I might just be next in line.
Boyer has women everywhere being bowled over by him, but his orchestra members are ticked off by his verbal cruelty.
Boyer and Hepburn marry, and are off to a whirlwind European honeymoon. Beal is off stage.
Boyer, later on, shows up very late to a concert performance, and I think that the orchestra members get their due in his inebriated attempts to be professional -- at which he fails.
He loses Hepburn. He is such a jerk, and she finally sees right through him.
Later, she has gone to Reno to end the marriage. Who else appears on the train with her on the way to NYC but The Little Minister himself. John Beal has an American accent here, and in the train scene almost a snappy 1930s gangster-like patter.
Beal woos Hepburn with an instant sort-of marriage proposal. Hepburn, meanwhile, has gone back to be with drunken Boyer, and everything ends.
I wanted her to end up with Beal, but alas, no.
I am a degreed historian, actress, film critic and movie reviewer. I like Katharine Hepburn films, especially her early ones that get bad press. In these, she is young, lithe and demure. There is no S. Tracy. These films were made in the middle of the Great Depression, and they are uplifting.