John Beal is the new minister at a small church in Scotland. He comes across Katharine Hepburn, who seems to be a wild gypsy girl and falls in love. He does not know she is the ward of the local laird, and affianced.
Miss Hepburn was riding high at RKO at this point, having come off an Oscar for MORNING GLORY and the huge financial successful of LITTLE WOMEN. Within a few years her career would take a tumble and she would be labeled box office poison. For the moment it's a solid film version of J. M. Barrie's popular play, with a supporting cast that includes Alan Hale, Beryl Mercer, Donald Crisp, and Andy Clyde. Director Richard Wallace had his cast speak in stage-Scottish accents that I occasionally found baffling. However, the choice of properties seems to have been right in the then-current sweet spot of Miss Hepburn's star persona.
Co-star John Beal had made his screen debut only the previous year, and this was his third movie performance. He would appear in more than a hundred movies and television shows over the following sixty years before dying in 1997 at the age of 87.
Miss Hepburn was riding high at RKO at this point, having come off an Oscar for MORNING GLORY and the huge financial successful of LITTLE WOMEN. Within a few years her career would take a tumble and she would be labeled box office poison. For the moment it's a solid film version of J. M. Barrie's popular play, with a supporting cast that includes Alan Hale, Beryl Mercer, Donald Crisp, and Andy Clyde. Director Richard Wallace had his cast speak in stage-Scottish accents that I occasionally found baffling. However, the choice of properties seems to have been right in the then-current sweet spot of Miss Hepburn's star persona.
Co-star John Beal had made his screen debut only the previous year, and this was his third movie performance. He would appear in more than a hundred movies and television shows over the following sixty years before dying in 1997 at the age of 87.