When Doctor Franchot Tone becomes Captain Tone and marches off to fight Napoleon, he leaves behind Katherine Hepburn, to whom nothing has been said, although he often admires the ringlets she keeps her hair in. When he returns, she is 30, has no ringlets, and she and sister Fay Bainter maintain a school of obstreperous pupils. He is shocked at how badly she has aged. To recapture her youth, she puts on a ringleted wig and a party dress for what she believes is the last time. Tone re-enters, and is told Hepburn is her own niece. She begins a career of playing the younger girl and flirting with all the men.
It's based on J. M. Barrie's 1901 play which starred the legendary Maude Adams. Although it ran only a moderately successful 64 performances at New York's Knickerbocker Theater, its London run starring Ellaline Terriss and Seymour Hicks ran an astonishing 459 performances, and it was revived through the 1930s.
It's a series of highly manner performances in this movie adaptation directed by George Stevens, and while Miss Hepburn seems a bit uneasy in the role, the supporting cast, including Estelle Winwood in her second movie appearance, and Joan Fontaine in an uncredited bit offer some interest to fans of old movies. With its utterly out-of-date millieu, it's very enjoyable, if a bit too quaint to take at all seriously.
It's based on J. M. Barrie's 1901 play which starred the legendary Maude Adams. Although it ran only a moderately successful 64 performances at New York's Knickerbocker Theater, its London run starring Ellaline Terriss and Seymour Hicks ran an astonishing 459 performances, and it was revived through the 1930s.
It's a series of highly manner performances in this movie adaptation directed by George Stevens, and while Miss Hepburn seems a bit uneasy in the role, the supporting cast, including Estelle Winwood in her second movie appearance, and Joan Fontaine in an uncredited bit offer some interest to fans of old movies. With its utterly out-of-date millieu, it's very enjoyable, if a bit too quaint to take at all seriously.