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26/03/1937 Comedy, Drama, Romance 1h 23m
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SHE MADE HIM PROPOSE!.. and you'll die laughing at her methods..in this captivating comedy of romance on the run!

Overview

In the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson.

  1. George Stevens

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Katharine Hepburn

    Phoebe Throssel

  2. Franchot Tone

    Dr. Valentine Brown

  3. Eric Blore

    Recruiting Sergeant

  4. Fay Bainter

    Susan Throssel

  5. Cora Witherspoon

    Patty

  6. Estelle Winwood

    Mary Willoughby

  7. Joan Fontaine

    Charlotte Parratt

  8. William Bakewell

    Lieutenant Spicer

  9. Bonita Granville

    Isabella

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-08-07
In a London street full of curtain-twitchers, the chatter is rife when someone buys a cake! Who might be coming to luncheon? Well, quickly we discover that “Dr. Brown” (Franchot Tone) is coming to visit “Phoebe” (Katharine Hepburn). What he delivers, though, isn’t quite what she expects and off to the Napoleonic wars he goes. A decade later, he returns but seems disappointed that she, too, has aged. She’s crestfallen so decides to spruce herself up a bit and see if she can’t re-engage his attentions. Quite cunningly, though, she decides to adopt a sort of alias, and is introduced...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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