Sylvia Scarlett

Dec 25, 1935

1h 37m

★ 6.3

You will thrill to every unforgettable moment of this different, charming love story of a woman who almost waited too long... before she dared admit that she was a woman!

Overview

When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Sylvia Scarlett

Katharine Hepburn

Jimmy Monkley

Cary Grant

Michael Fane

Brian Aherne

Henry Scarlett

Edmund Gwenn

Lily

Natalie Paley

Maudie Tilt

Dennie Moore

Drunk

Lennox Pawle

Bobby

Harrold Cheevers

Sergeant Major

Lionel Pape

Turnkey

Robert Adair

Steward

Peter Hobbes

Steward

Leonard Mudie

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