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1936
Mary of Scotland is a 1936 American historical drama film starring Katharine Hepburn as Mary, Queen of Scots. Directed by John Ford, it is an adaptation of the 1933 Maxwell Anderson play, with Fredric March reprising the role of Bothwell, which he also performed on stage during the run of play. The screenplay was written by Dudley Nichols. Ginger Rogers wanted to play this role and made a screen test, but RKO…
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Katharine Hepburn is rightly remembered as one of the most regal and intellectually formidable stars of Classic Hollywood, an icon whose career spanned decades and earned her a record four Academy Awards for Best Actress. Yet, for much of the 1930s, Hepburn was notoriously labelled “box office poison” by skittish theatre owners, a tag that stemmed from a series of prestigious but commercially disappointing vehicles.…More
