Brian Aherne, Bunny Beatty, Cary Grant

Escaping to England from a French embezzlement charge, widower Henry Scarlett is accompanied by daughter Sylvia who, to avoid detection, "disguises" herself as a boy, "Sylvester." They are joined by a...( read more  read more... )miable con man Jimmy Monkley, then, after a brief career in crime, meet Maudie Tilt, a giddy, sexy Cockney housemaid who joins them in the new venture of entertaining at resort towns from a caravan. Through all this, amazingly no one recognizes that Sylvia is not a boy...until she meets handsome artist Michael Fane, and drama intrudes on the comedy.

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Directed by: George Cukor

Release Date: December 12, 1935

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DVD Release Date: May 29, 2007

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  • September 18, 2008
    A fresh and innocent comedy with delicious interpretations of Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant
  • August 30, 2008
    Hepburn takes mediocre material and elevates it to another level.
  • June 2, 2008
    ~~~CARY GRANT~~~

    ~~THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW!!~~~
  • January 7, 2008
    not katharine's and cary's best film together...but i definitely enjoyed it...got some good laugh. but i was completely intrigued with katharine and her character - she looked quite remarkable. give it a chance.
  • December 27, 2007
    See it if only for the fact that Hepburn plays a girl/man for most of the movie. It is very odd, but it pulls you in.
  • August 2, 2007
    Katharine Hepburn posing as boy was very convincing..she always acted like one anyway. Cary Grant was without a doubt the most charming and best part of the movie.
  • July 10, 2007
    Enjoy the Classic movies
    Good one

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